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About Biggarwal Village

Biggarwal is a large village in Sunam tehsil, in the district of Sangrur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,884, made up of 2,084 males and 1,800 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 864 females per 1000 males. The village covers 926 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 148111, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Biggarwal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Biggarwal village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Sangrur
Tehsil Sunam
Pincode 148111
Area (hectares) 926 hectares
Population 3,884
Male Population 2,084
Female Population 1,800
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 864
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Biggarwal compares

By the 2011 count Biggarwal is the 20th largest of the 81 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,926 residents. Its 926 hectares work out to about 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 872.

Getting to Biggarwal

The census records public bus service for Biggarwal as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Biggarwal from other places

Biggarwal lies about 13 km from Sangrur, and the nearest railway station is Sunam Udham Singh Wala, about 5.2 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 Biggarwal
Nearest railway station Sunam Udham Singh Wala 5.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Sunam 6.0 km
Nearest town Sunām 6.0 km
District headquarters Sangrur 13 km

Villages closest to Biggarwal

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 Biggarwal

As per the Census of India 2011, Biggarwal village had a population of 3,884. That makes it the 20th largest of the 81 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,926 residents.

Biggarwal village has 2,084 males and 1,800 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Biggarwal has about 864 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 872.

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

Biggarwal covers 926 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Biggarwal falls under Sunam tehsil of Sangrur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Biggarwal is Sunam Udham Singh Wala, about 5.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Biggarwal.

Biggarwal is about 13 km from Sangrur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Biggarwal is in Sunam tehsil of Sangrur district. Sunam Udham Singh Wala is about 5.2 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 Mard Khera (2.5 km), Khadial (3.5 km) and Akalgarh (3.9 km).

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

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