About Bijanpur Village

Bijanpur 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 1,393, made up of 747 males and 646 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 865 females per 1000 males. The village covers 416 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 140501, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bijanpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bijanpur village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar
Tehsil	Dera Bassi
Pincode	140501
Area (hectares)	416 hectares
Population	1,393
Male Population	747
Female Population	646
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	865
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 Bijanpur compares

By the 2011 count Bijanpur is the 43rd largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,198 residents. Its 416 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 866.

Getting to Bijanpur

Bijanpur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Bijanpur 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 Bijanpur from other places

Bijanpur lies about 21 km from Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar, and the nearest railway station is Dapper, about 5.2 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 Bijanpur
Nearest railway station	Dapper	5.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dera Bassi	6.6 km
Nearest town	Basi	6.6 km
District headquarters	Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar	21 km

Villages closest to Bijanpur

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 Bijanpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Bijanpur village had a population of 1,393. That makes it the 43rd largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,198 residents.

Bijanpur village has 747 males and 646 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bijanpur has about 865 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 866.

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

Bijanpur covers 416 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Bijanpur is Dapper, about 5.2 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 Bijanpur.

Bijanpur 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.

Bijanpur is in Dera Bassi tehsil of Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar district. Dapper is about 5.2 km away. Dera Bassi is about 6.6 km away. Basi is about 6.6 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.