About Bhanewal Village

Bhanewal is a small village in Balachaur tehsil, in the district of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 355, made up of 184 males and 171 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 929 females per 1000 males. The village covers 62 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144521, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

How Bhanewal compares

By the 2011 count Bhanewal is the 135th largest of the 175 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 872 residents. Its 62 hectares work out to about 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 937.

Getting to Bhanewal

Bhanewal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Bhanewal as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Bhanewal from other places

Bhanewal lies about 5.9 km from Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar, and the nearest railway station is Rahon, about 2.2 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.

Villages closest to Bhanewal

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Balachaur tehsil.

• Kangna 2.4 km
• Begampur 4.2 km
• Karimpur Chahwala 6.0 km
• Karimpur Dhiani 6.0 km
• Garhi Kanungoan 6.2 km
• Shahbazpur 6.7 km

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.