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About Vain Poin Village

Vain Poin is one of the larger villages in Khadur Sahib tehsil, in the district of Tarn Taran, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 6,087, made up of 3,218 males and 2,869 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 892 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1254 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 143117, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Vain Poin Overview

Census 2011 figures for Vain Poin village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Tarn Taran
Tehsil Khadur Sahib
Pincode 143117
Area (hectares) 1254 hectares
Population 6,087
Male Population 3,218
Female Population 2,869
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 892
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Vain Poin compares

By the 2011 count Vain Poin is the 5th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,994 residents. Its 1254 hectares work out to about 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 922.

Getting to Vain Poin

Vain Poin 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 Vain Poin 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Vain Poin from other places

Vain Poin lies about 13 km from Tarn Taran, and the nearest railway station is Vain Puin, about under 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.

Distances from Vain Poin
Nearest railway station Vain Puin under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Khadur Sahib 13 km
District headquarters Tarn Taran 13 km

Villages closest to Vain Poin

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Khadur Sahib 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 Vain Poin

As per the Census of India 2011, Vain Poin village had a population of 6,087. That makes it the 5th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,994 residents.

Vain Poin village has 3,218 males and 2,869 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Vain Poin has about 892 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 922.

The pincode recorded for Vain Poin is 143117. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Vain Poin covers 1254 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Vain Poin falls under Khadur Sahib tehsil of Tarn Taran district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Vain Poin is Vain Puin, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

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

Vain Poin is about 13 km from Tarn Taran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Vain Poin is in Khadur Sahib tehsil of Tarn Taran district. Vain Puin is about under 2 km away. Khadur Sahib is about 13 km away. Tarn Taran is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bharowal (2.3 km), Tanda (2.7 km) and Lalpur (3.3 km).

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

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