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About Uksi Village

Uksi is a small village in Rajpura tehsil, in the district of Patiala, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 354, made up of 182 males and 172 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 945 females per 1000 males. The village covers 105 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 140401, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Uksi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Uksi village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Patiala
Tehsil Rajpura
Pincode 140401
Area (hectares) 105 hectares
Population 354
Male Population 182
Female Population 172
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 945
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Uksi compares

By the 2011 count Uksi is the 199th largest of the 236 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,174 residents. Its 105 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 880.

Getting to Uksi

Uksi is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Uksi as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Uksi from other places

Uksi lies about 24 km from Patiala, and the nearest railway station is Rajpura Junction, about 4.6 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 Uksi
Nearest railway station Rajpura Junction 4.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Rajpura 4.9 km
District headquarters Patiala 24 km

Villages closest to Uksi

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

Common questions about Uksi

As per the Census of India 2011, Uksi village had a population of 354. That makes it the 199th largest of the 236 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,174 residents.

Uksi village has 182 males and 172 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Uksi has about 945 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 880.

The pincode recorded for Uksi is 140401. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Uksi covers 105 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Uksi falls under Rajpura tehsil of Patiala district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Uksi is Rajpura Junction, about 4.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Uksi.

Uksi is about 24 km from Patiala in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Uksi is in Rajpura tehsil of Patiala district. Rajpura Junction is about 4.6 km away. Rajpura is about 4.9 km away. Patiala is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kanwarpur (under 2 km), Devinagar (under 2 km) and Pilkhani (1.7 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Uksi today is likely to be higher.

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