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About Nurpur Village

Nurpur is a mid sized village in Ajnala tehsil, in the district of Amritsar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,075, made up of 572 males and 503 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 879 females per 1000 males. The village covers 183 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 143109, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Nurpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Nurpur village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Amritsar
Tehsil Ajnala
Pincode 143109
Area (hectares) 183 hectares
Population 1,075
Male Population 572
Female Population 503
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 879
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Nurpur compares

By the 2011 count Nurpur is the 148th largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,276 residents. Its 183 hectares work out to about 5.9 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 912.

Getting to Nurpur

Nurpur 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 Nurpur 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 Nurpur from other places

Nurpur lies about 19 km from Amritsar, and the nearest railway station is Gurusar Sutlani, about 3.3 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 Nurpur
Nearest railway station Gurusar Sutlani 3.3 km
District headquarters Amritsar 19 km
Tehsil headquarters Ajnala 25 km

Villages closest to Nurpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Nurpur village had a population of 1,075. That makes it the 148th largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,276 residents.

Nurpur village has 572 males and 503 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Nurpur has about 879 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 912.

The pincode recorded for Nurpur is 143109. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Nurpur covers 183 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Nurpur falls under Ajnala tehsil of Amritsar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Nurpur is Gurusar Sutlani, about 3.3 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 Nurpur.

Nurpur is about 19 km from Amritsar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Nurpur is in Ajnala tehsil of Amritsar district. Gurusar Sutlani is about 3.3 km away. Amritsar is about 19 km away. Ajnala is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Padri (under 2 km), Kaulowal (1.7 km) and Chhiddan (2.2 km).

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

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