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About Phoolan Village

Phoolan is a large village in Siwana tehsil, in the district of Barmer, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,425, made up of 1,253 males and 1,172 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 935 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1964.28 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 344043, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Phoolan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Phoolan village
Description Value
State Rajasthan
District Barmer
Tehsil Siwana
Pincode 344043
Area (hectares) 1964.28 hectares
Population 2,425
Male Population 1,253
Female Population 1,172
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 935
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Phoolan compares

By the 2011 count Phoolan is the 30th largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,129 residents. Its 1964.28 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 914.

Getting to Phoolan

Phoolan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Phoolan as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Phoolan from other places

Phoolan lies about 114 km from Barmer, and the nearest railway station is Rakhi, about 3.7 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 Phoolan
Nearest railway station Rakhi 3.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Siwana 13 km
Nearest town Siwāna 13 km
District headquarters Barmer 114 km

Villages closest to Phoolan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Siwana 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 Phoolan

As per the Census of India 2011, Phoolan village had a population of 2,425. That makes it the 30th largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,129 residents.

Phoolan village has 1,253 males and 1,172 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Phoolan has about 935 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 914.

The pincode recorded for Phoolan is 344043. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Phoolan covers 1964.28 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Phoolan falls under Siwana tehsil of Barmer district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Phoolan is Rakhi, about 3.7 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Phoolan.

Phoolan is about 114 km from Barmer in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Phoolan is in Siwana tehsil of Barmer district. Rakhi is about 3.7 km away. Siwana is about 13 km away. Siwāna 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 Deora (3.0 km), Sanwarda (5.6 km) and Bijaliya (6.4 km).

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

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