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About Bharur Village

Bharur is a mid sized village in Sunam tehsil, in the district of Sangrur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,339, made up of 682 males and 657 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 963 females per 1000 males. The village covers 302.65 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 148111, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bharur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bharur village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Sangrur
Tehsil Sunam
Pincode 148111
Area (hectares) 302.65 hectares
Population 1,339
Male Population 682
Female Population 657
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 963
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Bharur compares

By the 2011 count Bharur is the 64th largest of the 81 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,926 residents. Its 302.65 hectares work out to about 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 872.

Getting to Bharur

Bharur 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 Bharur 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Bharur from other places

Bharur lies about 7.7 km from Sangrur, and the nearest railway station is Bharur, about under 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 Bharur
Nearest railway station Bharur under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Sunam 6.0 km
Nearest town Sunām 6.0 km
District headquarters Sangrur 7.7 km

Villages closest to Bharur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bharur village had a population of 1,339. That makes it the 64th largest of the 81 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,926 residents.

Bharur village has 682 males and 657 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bharur has about 963 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 872.

The pincode recorded for Bharur is 148111. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bharur covers 302.65 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bharur falls under Sunam tehsil of Sangrur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Bharur is Bharur, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

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

Bharur is about 7.7 km from Sangrur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bharur is in Sunam tehsil of Sangrur district. Bharur is about under 2 km away. Sunam is about 6.0 km away. Sunām is about 6.0 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Shahpur Khurd Alias Lakhmirwala (2.4 km), Chatha Nakta (2.9 km) and Chatha Nanhera (2.9 km).

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

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