About Bhagwasi Village

Bhagwasi 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 918, made up of 498 males and 420 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 843 females per 1000 males. The village covers 257 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 140501, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bhagwasi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bhagwasi village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar
Tehsil	Dera Bassi
Pincode	140501
Area (hectares)	257 hectares
Population	918
Male Population	498
Female Population	420
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	843
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Bhagwasi compares

By the 2011 count Bhagwasi is the 80th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,198 residents. Its 257 hectares work out to about 3.6 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 Bhagwasi

Bhagwasi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Bhagwasi as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Bhagwasi from other places

Bhagwasi lies about 21 km from Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar, and the nearest railway station is Dapper, about 3.3 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 Bhagwasi
Nearest railway station	Dapper	3.3 km
Nearest town	Lālru	5.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dera Bassi	7.5 km
District headquarters	Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar	21 km

Villages closest to Bhagwasi

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.

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Common questions about Bhagwasi

As per the Census of India 2011, Bhagwasi village had a population of 918. That makes it the 80th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,198 residents.

Bhagwasi village has 498 males and 420 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bhagwasi has about 843 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 Bhagwasi is 140501. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bhagwasi covers 257 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Bhagwasi is Dapper, about 3.3 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 village for Bhagwasi.

Bhagwasi is about 21 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.

Bhagwasi is in Dera Bassi tehsil of Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar district. Dapper is about 3.3 km away. Lālru is about 5.2 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.