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About Batarla Village

Batarla is a small village in Anandpur Sahib tehsil, in the district of Rupnagar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 288, made up of 157 males and 131 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 834 females per 1000 males. The village covers 379 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 140112, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Batarla Overview

Census 2011 figures for Batarla village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Rupnagar
Tehsil Anandpur Sahib
Pincode 140112
Area (hectares) 379 hectares
Population 288
Male Population 157
Female Population 131
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 834
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Batarla compares

By the 2011 count Batarla is the 160th largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 945 residents. Its 379 hectares work out to about 0.8 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 Batarla

Batarla is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Batarla as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Batarla from other places

Batarla lies about 12 km from Rupnagar, and the nearest railway station is Bharatgarh, about 6.3 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 Batarla
Nearest railway station Bharatgarh 6.3 km
District headquarters Rupnagar 12 km
Nearest town Ropar 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Anandpur Sahib 19 km

Villages closest to Batarla

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 Batarla

As per the Census of India 2011, Batarla village had a population of 288. That makes it the 160th largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 945 residents.

Batarla village has 157 males and 131 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Batarla has about 834 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 Batarla is 140112. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Batarla covers 379 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Batarla is Bharatgarh, about 6.3 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Batarla.

Batarla is about 12 km from Rupnagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Batarla is in Anandpur Sahib tehsil of Rupnagar district. Bharatgarh is about 6.3 km away. Rupnagar is about 12 km away. Ropar is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dahirpur (under 2 km), Madhopur (under 2 km) and Abiana Kalan (2.1 km).

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

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