About Pharwahi Village

Pharwahi is a large village in Dhuri tehsil, in the district of Sangrur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,754, made up of 1,430 males and 1,324 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 926 females per 1000 males. The village covers 507 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 148029, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Pharwahi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pharwahi village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Sangrur
Tehsil	Dhuri
Pincode	148029
Area (hectares)	507 hectares
Population	2,754
Male Population	1,430
Female Population	1,324
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	926
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Pharwahi compares

By the 2011 count Pharwahi is the 27th largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,169 residents. Its 507 hectares work out to about 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 886.

Getting to Pharwahi

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

How far is Pharwahi from other places

Pharwahi lies about 26 km from Sangrur, and the nearest railway station is Himmatana, about 7.2 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 Pharwahi
Nearest railway station	Himmatana	7.2 km
Nearest town	Māler Kotla	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dhuri	13 km
District headquarters	Sangrur	26 km

Villages closest to Pharwahi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Pharwahi village had a population of 2,754. That makes it the 27th largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,169 residents.

Pharwahi village has 1,430 males and 1,324 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pharwahi has about 926 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 886.

The pincode recorded for Pharwahi is 148029. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Pharwahi covers 507 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Pharwahi falls under Dhuri tehsil of Sangrur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Pharwahi is Himmatana, about 7.2 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Pharwahi.

Pharwahi is about 26 km from Sangrur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pharwahi is in Dhuri tehsil of Sangrur district. Himmatana is about 7.2 km away. Māler Kotla is about 11 km away. Dhuri is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.