About Burj Powat Village

Burj Powat is a mid sized village in Samrala tehsil, in the district of Ludhiana, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 741, made up of 385 males and 356 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 925 females per 1000 males. The village covers 238 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 141121, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Burj Powat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Burj Powat village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Ludhiana
Tehsil	Samrala
Pincode	141121
Area (hectares)	238 hectares
Population	741
Male Population	385
Female Population	356
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	925
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Burj Powat compares

By the 2011 count Burj Powat is the 92nd largest of the 190 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 914 residents. Its 238 hectares work out to about 3.1 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 908.

Getting to Burj Powat

Burj Powat is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Burj Powat as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Burj Powat from other places

Burj Powat lies about 41 km from Ludhiana, and the nearest railway station is Khamanon, about 14 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 Burj Powat
Nearest town	Māchhīwāra	7.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Samrala	13 km
Nearest railway station	Khamanon	14 km
District headquarters	Ludhiana	41 km

Villages closest to Burj Powat

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 Burj Powat

As per the Census of India 2011, Burj Powat village had a population of 741. That makes it the 92nd largest of the 190 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 914 residents.

Burj Powat village has 385 males and 356 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Burj Powat has about 925 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 908.

The pincode recorded for Burj Powat is 141121. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Burj Powat covers 238 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Burj Powat falls under Samrala tehsil of Ludhiana district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Burj Powat is Khamanon, about 14 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 5 - 10 km distance for Burj Powat.

Burj Powat is about 41 km from Ludhiana in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Burj Powat is in Samrala tehsil of Ludhiana district. Māchhīwāra is about 7.9 km away. Samrala is about 13 km away. Khamanon is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.