About Phantwan Village

Phantwan is a mid sized village in Kharar tehsil, in the district of Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 850, made up of 463 males and 387 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 836 females per 1000 males. The village covers 228.02 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 140110, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Phantwan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Phantwan village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar
Tehsil	Kharar
Pincode	140110
Area (hectares)	228.02 hectares
Population	850
Male Population	463
Female Population	387
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	836
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Phantwan compares

By the 2011 count Phantwan is the 73rd largest of the 179 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 923 residents. Its 228.02 hectares work out to about 3.7 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 875.

Getting to Phantwan

Phantwan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Phantwan 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Phantwan from other places

Phantwan lies about 16 km from Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar, and the nearest railway station is Kurali, about 9.6 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 Phantwan
Tehsil headquarters	Kharar	7.8 km
Nearest railway station	Kurali	9.6 km
District headquarters	Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar	16 km

Villages closest to Phantwan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kharar 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 Phantwan

As per the Census of India 2011, Phantwan village had a population of 850. That makes it the 73rd largest of the 179 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 923 residents.

Phantwan village has 463 males and 387 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Phantwan has about 836 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 875.

The pincode recorded for Phantwan is 140110. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Phantwan covers 228.02 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Phantwan falls under Kharar tehsil of Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Phantwan is Kurali, about 9.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Phantwan.

Phantwan is about 16 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.

Phantwan is in Kharar tehsil of Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar district. Kharar is about 7.8 km away. Kurali is about 9.6 km away. Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.