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About Barnala Kalan Village

Barnala Kalan is a mid sized village in Nawanshahr tehsil, in the district of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,809, made up of 943 males and 866 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 918 females per 1000 males. The village covers 660 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144514, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Barnala Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barnala Kalan village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar
Tehsil Nawanshahr
Pincode 144514
Area (hectares) 660 hectares
Population 1,809
Male Population 943
Female Population 866
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 918
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Barnala Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Barnala Kalan is the 50th largest of the 272 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,187 residents. Its 660 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 975.

Getting to Barnala Kalan

Barnala Kalan 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 Barnala Kalan 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Barnala Kalan from other places

Barnala Kalan lies about 8.0 km from Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar, and the nearest railway station is Nawanshahr Daoba Junction, about 3.6 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 Barnala Kalan
Tehsil headquarters Nawanshahr 2.9 km
Nearest railway station Nawanshahr Daoba Junction 3.6 km
District headquarters Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar 8.0 km

Villages closest to Barnala Kalan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Barnala Kalan village had a population of 1,809. That makes it the 50th largest of the 272 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,187 residents.

Barnala Kalan village has 943 males and 866 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barnala Kalan has about 918 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 975.

The pincode recorded for Barnala Kalan is 144514. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Barnala Kalan covers 660 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Barnala Kalan falls under Nawanshahr tehsil of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Barnala Kalan is Nawanshahr Daoba Junction, about 3.6 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 village for Barnala Kalan.

Barnala Kalan is about 8.0 km from Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barnala Kalan is in Nawanshahr tehsil of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district. Nawanshahr is about 2.9 km away. Nawanshahr Daoba Junction is about 3.6 km away. Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar is about 8.0 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kulam (1.5 km), Jethu Mazara (1.8 km) and Durgapur (2.1 km).

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

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