About Zulfgarh Village

Zulfgarh is a small village in Samrala tehsil, in the district of Ludhiana, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 366, made up of 193 males and 173 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 896 females per 1000 males. The village covers 137 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 141115, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Zulfgarh Overview

Census 2011 figures for Zulfgarh village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Ludhiana
Tehsil	Samrala
Pincode	141115
Area (hectares)	137 hectares
Population	366
Male Population	193
Female Population	173
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	896
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 Zulfgarh compares

By the 2011 count Zulfgarh is the 145th largest of the 190 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 914 residents. Its 137 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 908.

Getting to Zulfgarh

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

Zulfgarh lies about 32 km from Ludhiana, and the nearest railway station is Rahon, 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 Zulfgarh
Nearest town	Māchhīwāra	4.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Samrala	13 km
Nearest railway station	Rahon	14 km
District headquarters	Ludhiana	32 km

Villages closest to Zulfgarh

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 Zulfgarh

As per the Census of India 2011, Zulfgarh village had a population of 366. That makes it the 145th largest of the 190 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 914 residents.

Zulfgarh village has 193 males and 173 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Zulfgarh has about 896 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 908.

The pincode recorded for Zulfgarh is 141115. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Zulfgarh covers 137 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Zulfgarh falls under Samrala tehsil of Ludhiana district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Zulfgarh is Rahon, 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 Zulfgarh.

Zulfgarh is about 32 km from Ludhiana in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Zulfgarh is in Samrala tehsil of Ludhiana district. Māchhīwāra is about 4.4 km away. Samrala is about 13 km away. Rahon is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.