About Bamb Village

Bamb is a mid sized village in Samrala tehsil, in the district of Ludhiana, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,192, made up of 626 males and 566 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 904 females per 1000 males. The village covers 236 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 141114, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bamb Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bamb village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Ludhiana
Tehsil	Samrala
Pincode	141114
Area (hectares)	236 hectares
Population	1,192
Male Population	626
Female Population	566
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	904
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bamb compares

By the 2011 count Bamb is the 55th largest of the 190 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 914 residents. Its 236 hectares work out to about 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 908.

Getting to Bamb

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

How far is Bamb from other places

Bamb lies about 31 km from Ludhiana, and the nearest railway station is Chawapail, about 3.8 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 Bamb
Nearest railway station	Chawapail	3.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Samrala	6.8 km
Nearest town	Khanna	12 km
District headquarters	Ludhiana	31 km

Villages closest to Bamb

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

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Common questions about Bamb

As per the Census of India 2011, Bamb village had a population of 1,192. That makes it the 55th largest of the 190 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 914 residents.

Bamb village has 626 males and 566 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bamb has about 904 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 908.

The pincode recorded for Bamb is 141114. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bamb covers 236 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bamb falls under Samrala tehsil of Ludhiana district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Bamb is Chawapail, about 3.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Bamb.

Bamb is about 31 km from Ludhiana in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bamb is in Samrala tehsil of Ludhiana district. Chawapail is about 3.8 km away. Samrala is about 6.8 km away. Khanna is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.