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About Bir Guru Village

Bir Guru is a small village in Chamkaur Sahib tehsil, in the district of Rupnagar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 38, made up of 22 males and 16 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 727 females per 1000 males. The village covers 69 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 140116, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bir Guru Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bir Guru village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Rupnagar
Tehsil Chamkaur Sahib
Pincode 140116
Area (hectares) 69 hectares
Population 38
Male Population 22
Female Population 16
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 727
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Bir Guru compares

By the 2011 count Bir Guru is the 167th largest of the 176 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 752 residents. Its 69 hectares work out to about 0.6 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 892.

Getting to Bir Guru

Bir Guru 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 Bir Guru 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 Bir Guru from other places

Bir Guru lies about 16 km from Rupnagar, and the nearest railway station is Khamanon, about 12 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 Bir Guru
Tehsil headquarters Chamkaur Sahib 4.9 km
Nearest railway station Khamanon 12 km
Nearest town Māchhīwāra 16 km
District headquarters Rupnagar 16 km

Villages closest to Bir Guru

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Chamkaur 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 Bir Guru

As per the Census of India 2011, Bir Guru village had a population of 38. That makes it the 167th largest of the 176 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 752 residents.

Bir Guru village has 22 males and 16 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bir Guru has about 727 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 892.

The pincode recorded for Bir Guru is 140116. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bir Guru covers 69 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Bir Guru falls under Chamkaur Sahib tehsil of Rupnagar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Bir Guru is Khamanon, about 12 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 Bir Guru.

Bir Guru is about 16 km from Rupnagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bir Guru is in Chamkaur Sahib tehsil of Rupnagar district. Chamkaur Sahib is about 4.9 km away. Khamanon is about 12 km away. Māchhīwāra is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Fatehpur (under 2 km), Khanpur (under 2 km) and Hafizabad (under 2 km).

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

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