About Bir Kalan Village

Bir Kalan is a large village in Sunam tehsil, in the district of Sangrur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,794, made up of 1,485 males and 1,309 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 881 females per 1000 males. The village covers 930 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 148029, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bir Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bir Kalan village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Sangrur
Tehsil	Sunam
Pincode	148029
Area (hectares)	930 hectares
Population	2,794
Male Population	1,485
Female Population	1,309
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	881
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bir Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Bir Kalan is the 34th largest of the 81 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 2,926 residents. Its 930 hectares work out to about 3.0 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 Bir Kalan

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

How far is Bir Kalan from other places

Bir Kalan lies about 25 km from Sangrur, and the nearest railway station is Sunam Udham Singh Wala, about 15 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 Bir Kalan
Nearest town	Laungowāl	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sunam	14 km
Nearest railway station	Sunam Udham Singh Wala	15 km
District headquarters	Sangrur	25 km

Villages closest to Bir Kalan

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.

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Common questions about Bir Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Bir Kalan village had a population of 2,794. That makes it the 34th largest of the 81 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,926 residents.

Bir Kalan village has 1,485 males and 1,309 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bir Kalan has about 881 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 Bir Kalan is 148029. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bir Kalan covers 930 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bir Kalan falls under Sunam tehsil of Sangrur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Bir Kalan is Sunam Udham Singh Wala, about 15 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

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

Bir Kalan is about 25 km from Sangrur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bir Kalan is in Sunam tehsil of Sangrur district. Laungowāl is about 12 km away. Sunam is about 14 km away. Sunam Udham Singh Wala is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.