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About Bair Majra Village

Bair Majra is a mid sized village in Dera Bassi tehsil, in the district of Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 905, made up of 489 males and 416 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 851 females per 1000 males. The village covers 285 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 140501, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bair Majra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bair Majra village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar
Tehsil Dera Bassi
Pincode 140501
Area (hectares) 285 hectares
Population 905
Male Population 489
Female Population 416
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 851
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Bair Majra compares

By the 2011 count Bair Majra is the 82nd largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,198 residents. Its 285 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 866.

Getting to Bair Majra

The census records public bus service for Bair Majra 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Bair Majra from other places

Bair Majra lies about 18 km from Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar, and the nearest railway station is Dapper, about 1.5 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 Bair Majra
Nearest railway station Dapper 1.5 km
Nearest town Lālru 4.3 km
Tehsil headquarters Dera Bassi 7.5 km
District headquarters Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar 18 km

Villages closest to Bair Majra

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dera Bassi 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 Bair Majra

As per the Census of India 2011, Bair Majra village had a population of 905. That makes it the 82nd largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,198 residents.

Bair Majra village has 489 males and 416 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bair Majra has about 851 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 866.

The pincode recorded for Bair Majra is 140501. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bair Majra covers 285 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bair Majra falls under Dera Bassi tehsil of Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Bair Majra is Dapper, about 1.5 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 <5 km distance for Bair Majra.

Bair Majra is about 18 km from Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bair Majra is in Dera Bassi tehsil of Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar district. Dapper is about 1.5 km away. Lālru is about 4.3 km away. Dera Bassi is about 7.5 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Daper (1.5 km), Hassanpur (1.7 km) and Gholu Majra (1.9 km).

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

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