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About Leel Village

Leel is a mid sized village in Raikot tehsil, in the district of Ludhiana, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,970, made up of 1,025 males and 945 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 922 females per 1000 males. The village covers 484 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 141108, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Leel Overview

Census 2011 figures for Leel village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Ludhiana
Tehsil Raikot
Pincode 141108
Area (hectares) 484 hectares
Population 1,970
Male Population 1,025
Female Population 945
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 922
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Leel compares

By the 2011 count Leel is the 32nd largest of the 71 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 2,174 residents. Its 484 hectares work out to about 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 898.

Getting to Leel

Leel is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Leel as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Leel from other places

Leel lies about 26 km from Ludhiana, and the nearest railway station is Mullanpur, about 13 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Leel
Tehsil headquarters Raikot 12 km
Nearest town Rāikot 12 km
Nearest railway station Mullanpur 13 km
District headquarters Ludhiana 26 km

Villages closest to Leel

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Raikot tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Leel

As per the Census of India 2011, Leel village had a population of 1,970. That makes it the 32nd largest of the 71 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,174 residents.

Leel village has 1,025 males and 945 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Leel has about 922 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 898.

The pincode recorded for Leel is 141108. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Leel covers 484 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Leel falls under Raikot tehsil of Ludhiana district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Leel is Mullanpur, about 13 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Leel.

Leel is about 26 km from Ludhiana in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Leel is in Raikot tehsil of Ludhiana district. Raikot is about 12 km away. Rāikot is about 12 km away. Mullanpur is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Toosa (2.1 km), Pakhowal (2.5 km) and Dangon (2.6 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Leel today is likely to be higher.

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