About Buraj Village

Buraj is a small village in Anandpur Sahib tehsil, in the district of Rupnagar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 240, made up of 130 males and 110 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 846 females per 1000 males. The village covers 132 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 140118, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Buraj Overview

Census 2011 figures for Buraj village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Rupnagar
Tehsil	Anandpur Sahib
Pincode	140118
Area (hectares)	132 hectares
Population	240
Male Population	130
Female Population	110
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	846
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Buraj compares

By the 2011 count Buraj is the 165th largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 945 residents. Its 132 hectares work out to about 1.8 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 Buraj

Buraj is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Buraj 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Buraj from other places

Buraj lies about 27 km from Rupnagar, and the nearest railway station is Anandpur Sahib, about 2.3 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 Buraj
Nearest railway station	Anandpur Sahib	2.3 km
Nearest town	Nangal	24 km
District headquarters	Rupnagar	27 km

Villages closest to Buraj

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.

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Common questions about Buraj

As per the Census of India 2011, Buraj village had a population of 240. That makes it the 165th largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 945 residents.

Buraj village has 130 males and 110 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Buraj has about 846 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 Buraj is 140118. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Buraj covers 132 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Buraj is Anandpur Sahib, about 2.3 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Buraj.

Buraj is about 27 km from Rupnagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Buraj is in Anandpur Sahib tehsil of Rupnagar district. Anandpur Sahib is about 2.3 km away. Nangal is about 24 km away. Rupnagar is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.