About Buhara Village

Buhara is a small village in Nawanshahr tehsil, in the district of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 385, made up of 189 males and 196 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,037 females per 1000 males. The village covers 102 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144506, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Buhara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Buhara village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar
Tehsil	Nawanshahr
Pincode	144506
Area (hectares)	102 hectares
Population	385
Male Population	189
Female Population	196
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,037
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Buhara compares

By the 2011 count Buhara is the 238th largest of the 272 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,187 residents. Its 102 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 975.

Getting to Buhara

Buhara is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Buhara 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Buhara from other places

Buhara lies about 5.2 km from Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar, and the nearest railway station is Kariha, about 7.8 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 Buhara
District headquarters	Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar	5.2 km
Nearest railway station	Kariha	7.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nawanshahr	9.7 km

Villages closest to Buhara

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.

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Common questions about Buhara

As per the Census of India 2011, Buhara village had a population of 385. That makes it the 238th largest of the 272 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,187 residents.

Buhara village has 189 males and 196 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Buhara has about 1037 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 975.

The pincode recorded for Buhara is 144506. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Buhara covers 102 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Buhara is Kariha, about 7.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

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

Buhara is about 5.2 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.

Buhara is in Nawanshahr tehsil of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district. Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar is about 5.2 km away. Kariha is about 7.8 km away. Nawanshahr is about 9.7 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.