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About Bacholi Village

Bacholi is a small village in Anandpur Sahib tehsil, in the district of Rupnagar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 66, made up of 37 males and 29 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 784 females per 1000 males. The village covers 45 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 140123, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bacholi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bacholi village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Rupnagar
Tehsil Anandpur Sahib
Pincode 140123
Area (hectares) 45 hectares
Population 66
Male Population 37
Female Population 29
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 784
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Bacholi compares

By the 2011 count Bacholi is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 945 residents. Its 45 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 947.

Getting to Bacholi

Bacholi 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 Bacholi as Available within village. 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 Bacholi from other places

Bacholi lies about 40 km from Rupnagar, and the nearest railway station is Kiratpur Sahib, about 22 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 Bacholi
Nearest railway station Kiratpur Sahib 22 km
Tehsil headquarters Anandpur Sahib 26 km
Nearest town Sundarnagar 33 km
District headquarters Rupnagar 40 km

Villages closest to Bacholi

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Anandpur Sahib 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 Bacholi

As per the Census of India 2011, Bacholi village had a population of 66. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 945 residents.

Bacholi village has 37 males and 29 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bacholi has about 784 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 947.

The pincode recorded for Bacholi is 140123. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bacholi covers 45 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Bacholi falls under Anandpur Sahib tehsil of Rupnagar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Bacholi is Kiratpur Sahib, about 22 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Bacholi.

Bacholi is about 40 km from Rupnagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bacholi is in Anandpur Sahib tehsil of Rupnagar district. Kiratpur Sahib is about 22 km away. Anandpur Sahib is about 26 km away. Sundarnagar is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Saidpur (under 2 km), Mahain (1.8 km) and Barari (4.1 km).

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

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