About Bhikhampur Village

Bhikhampur is a mid sized village in Malerkotla tehsil, in the district of Sangrur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 926, made up of 480 males and 446 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 929 females per 1000 males. The village covers 304 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 148023, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

How Bhikhampur compares

By the 2011 count Bhikhampur is the 118th largest of the 178 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,425 residents. Its 304 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 896.

Getting to Bhikhampur

Bhikhampur 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 Bhikhampur 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 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Bhaini Kalan, Bhaini Kamboan, Bhari Mansa and Bhatian Kalan. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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.