About Shahpur Village

Shahpur is a mid sized village in Ajnala tehsil, in the district of Amritsar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 618, made up of 334 males and 284 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 850 females per 1000 males. The village covers 170 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 143102, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Shahpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shahpur village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Amritsar
Tehsil	Ajnala
Pincode	143102
Area (hectares)	170 hectares
Population	618
Male Population	334
Female Population	284
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	850
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Shahpur compares

By the 2011 count Shahpur is the 212th largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,276 residents. Its 170 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 912.

Getting to Shahpur

Shahpur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Shahpur 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Shahpur from other places

Shahpur lies about 39 km from Amritsar, and the nearest railway station is Ramdas, about 18 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 Shahpur
Tehsil headquarters	Ajnala	13 km
Nearest town	Ajnāla	13 km
Nearest railway station	Ramdas	18 km
District headquarters	Amritsar	39 km

Villages closest to Shahpur

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.

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Common questions about Shahpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Shahpur village had a population of 618. That makes it the 212th largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,276 residents.

Shahpur village has 334 males and 284 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shahpur has about 850 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 912.

The pincode recorded for Shahpur is 143102. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Shahpur covers 170 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Shahpur falls under Ajnala tehsil of Amritsar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Shahpur is Ramdas, about 18 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ 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 Shahpur.

Shahpur is about 39 km from Amritsar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shahpur is in Ajnala tehsil of Amritsar district. Ajnala is about 13 km away. Ajnāla is about 13 km away. Ramdas is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.