About Rurki Kalan Village

Rurki Kalan is a mid sized village in Malerkotla tehsil, in the district of Sangrur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,811, made up of 970 males and 841 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 867 females per 1000 males. The village covers 339 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 148023, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Rurki Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rurki Kalan village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Sangrur
Tehsil	Malerkotla
Pincode	148023
Area (hectares)	339 hectares
Population	1,811
Male Population	970
Female Population	841
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	867
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Rurki Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Rurki Kalan is the 45th largest of the 178 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,425 residents. Its 339 hectares work out to about 5.3 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 896.

Getting to Rurki Kalan

Rurki Kalan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Rurki Kalan as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Rurki Kalan from other places

Rurki Kalan lies about 39 km from Sangrur. 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 Rurki Kalan
Tehsil headquarters	Malerkotla	14 km
Nearest town	Māler Kotla	14 km
District headquarters	Sangrur	39 km

Villages closest to Rurki Kalan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Malerkotla 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 Rurki Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Rurki Kalan village had a population of 1,811. That makes it the 45th largest of the 178 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,425 residents.

Rurki Kalan village has 970 males and 841 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rurki Kalan has about 867 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 896.

The pincode recorded for Rurki Kalan is 148023. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Rurki Kalan covers 339 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Rurki Kalan falls under Malerkotla tehsil of Sangrur district in Punjab.

The census record for Rurki Kalan notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Rurki Kalan.

Rurki Kalan is about 39 km from Sangrur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rurki Kalan is in Malerkotla tehsil of Sangrur district. Malerkotla is about 14 km away. Māler Kotla is about 14 km away. Sangrur is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.