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About Neshta Village

Neshta is a mid sized village in Amritsar II tehsil, in the district of Amritsar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,864, made up of 987 males and 877 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 889 females per 1000 males. The village covers 636 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 143108, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Neshta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Neshta village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Amritsar
Tehsil Amritsar II
Pincode 143108
Area (hectares) 636 hectares
Population 1,864
Male Population 987
Female Population 877
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 889
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Neshta compares

By the 2011 count Neshta is the 42nd largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,243 residents. Its 636 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 891.

Getting to Neshta

Neshta 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 Neshta 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 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Neshta from other places

Neshta lies about 25 km from Amritsar, and the nearest railway station is Attari, 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 Neshta
Nearest railway station Attari under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Amritsar II 25 km
District headquarters Amritsar 25 km

Villages closest to Neshta

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Amritsar II 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 Neshta

As per the Census of India 2011, Neshta village had a population of 1,864. That makes it the 42nd largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,243 residents.

Neshta village has 987 males and 877 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Neshta has about 889 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 891.

The pincode recorded for Neshta is 143108. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Neshta covers 636 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Neshta falls under Amritsar II tehsil of Amritsar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Neshta is Attari, about under 2 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Neshta.

Neshta is about 25 km from Amritsar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Neshta is in Amritsar II tehsil of Amritsar district. Attari is about under 2 km away. Amritsar II is about 25 km away. Amritsar 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 Roranwala (1.7 km), Kaunke (1.9 km) and Attari (2.1 km).

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

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