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About Kulam Village

Kulam 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 1,059, made up of 528 males and 531 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,006 females per 1000 males. The village covers 247 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144514, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kulam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kulam village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar
Tehsil Nawanshahr
Pincode 144514
Area (hectares) 247 hectares
Population 1,059
Male Population 528
Female Population 531
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,006
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Kulam compares

By the 2011 count Kulam is the 130th largest of the 272 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,187 residents. Its 247 hectares work out to about 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 975.

Getting to Kulam

Kulam 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 Kulam 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 Kulam from other places

Kulam lies about 7.3 km from Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar, and the nearest railway station is Nawanshahr Daoba Junction, about 3.1 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 Kulam
Tehsil headquarters Nawanshahr 2.3 km
Nearest railway station Nawanshahr Daoba Junction 3.1 km
District headquarters Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar 7.3 km

Villages closest to Kulam

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 Kulam

As per the Census of India 2011, Kulam village had a population of 1,059. That makes it the 130th largest of the 272 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,187 residents.

Kulam village has 528 males and 531 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kulam has about 1006 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 975.

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

Kulam covers 247 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Kulam is Nawanshahr Daoba Junction, about 3.1 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 Kulam.

Kulam is about 7.3 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.

Kulam is in Nawanshahr tehsil of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district. Nawanshahr is about 2.3 km away. Nawanshahr Daoba Junction is about 3.1 km away. Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar is about 7.3 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Durgapur (under 2 km), Mehndipur (under 2 km) and Barnala Kalan (1.5 km).

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

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