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About Sarsini Village

Sarsini 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 1,856, made up of 1,024 males and 832 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 812 females per 1000 males. The village covers 435 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 140501, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sarsini Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sarsini village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar
Tehsil Dera Bassi
Pincode 140501
Area (hectares) 435 hectares
Population 1,856
Male Population 1,024
Female Population 832
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 812
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Sarsini compares

By the 2011 count Sarsini is the 26th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,198 residents. Its 435 hectares work out to about 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 866.

Getting to Sarsini

Sarsini 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 Sarsini 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 Sarsini from other places

Sarsini lies about 26 km from Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar, and the nearest railway station is Lalru, about 3.2 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 Sarsini
Nearest railway station Lalru 3.2 km
Nearest town Lālru 4.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Dera Bassi 16 km
District headquarters Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar 26 km

Villages closest to Sarsini

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 Sarsini

As per the Census of India 2011, Sarsini village had a population of 1,856. That makes it the 26th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,198 residents.

Sarsini village has 1,024 males and 832 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sarsini has about 812 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 866.

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

Sarsini covers 435 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Sarsini is Lalru, about 3.2 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 Sarsini.

Sarsini is about 26 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.

Sarsini is in Dera Bassi tehsil of Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar district. Lalru is about 3.2 km away. Lālru is about 4.6 km away. Dera Bassi 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 Mandi (under 2 km), Sitarpur (2.0 km) and Sadhanpur (2.0 km).

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

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