About Herian Village

Herian is a mid sized village in Samrala tehsil, in the district of Ludhiana, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,033, made up of 550 males and 483 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 878 females per 1000 males. The village covers 338 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 141112, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Herian Overview

Census 2011 figures for Herian village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Ludhiana
Tehsil	Samrala
Pincode	141112
Area (hectares)	338 hectares
Population	1,033
Male Population	550
Female Population	483
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	878
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Herian compares

By the 2011 count Herian is the 67th largest of the 190 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 914 residents. Its 338 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 908.

Getting to Herian

Herian is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Herian 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 Herian from other places

Herian lies about 39 km from Ludhiana. 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 Herian
Tehsil headquarters	Samrala	7.1 km
Nearest town	Māchhīwāra	7.8 km
District headquarters	Ludhiana	39 km

Villages closest to Herian

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 Herian

As per the Census of India 2011, Herian village had a population of 1,033. That makes it the 67th largest of the 190 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 914 residents.

Herian village has 550 males and 483 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Herian has about 878 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 908.

The pincode recorded for Herian is 141112. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Herian covers 338 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Herian falls under Samrala tehsil of Ludhiana district in Punjab.

The census record for Herian notes the nearest railway station 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 Herian.

Herian is about 39 km from Ludhiana in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Herian is in Samrala tehsil of Ludhiana district. Samrala is about 7.1 km away. Māchhīwāra is about 7.8 km away. Ludhiana is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.