About Nilo Kalan Village

Nilo Kalan is a mid sized village in Samrala tehsil, in the district of Ludhiana, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 938, made up of 503 males and 435 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 865 females per 1000 males. The village covers 325 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 141124, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Nilo Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Nilo Kalan village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Ludhiana
Tehsil	Samrala
Pincode	141124
Area (hectares)	325 hectares
Population	938
Male Population	503
Female Population	435
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	865
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 Nilo Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Nilo Kalan is the 81st largest of the 190 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 914 residents. Its 325 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 908.

Getting to Nilo Kalan

Nilo Kalan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Nilo Kalan 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 Nilo Kalan from other places

Nilo Kalan lies about 26 km from Ludhiana, and the nearest railway station is Lal kalan, about 3.4 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 Nilo Kalan
Nearest railway station	Lal kalan	3.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Samrala	7.3 km
Nearest town	Māchhīwāra	10 km
District headquarters	Ludhiana	26 km

Villages closest to Nilo Kalan

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 Nilo Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Nilo Kalan village had a population of 938. That makes it the 81st largest of the 190 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 914 residents.

Nilo Kalan village has 503 males and 435 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Nilo Kalan has about 865 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 908.

The pincode recorded for Nilo Kalan is 141124. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Nilo Kalan covers 325 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Nilo Kalan falls under Samrala tehsil of Ludhiana district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Nilo Kalan is Lal kalan, about 3.4 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 Nilo Kalan.

Nilo Kalan 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.

Nilo Kalan is in Samrala tehsil of Ludhiana district. Lal kalan is about 3.4 km away. Samrala is about 7.3 km away. Māchhīwāra is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.