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About Azimgarh Village

Azimgarh is one of the larger villages in Abohar tehsil, in the district of Firozpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,247, made up of 3,061 males and 2,186 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 714 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1943.26 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 152120, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Azimgarh Overview

Census 2011 figures for Azimgarh village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Firozpur
Tehsil Abohar
Pincode 152120
Area (hectares) 1943.26 hectares
Population 5,247
Male Population 3,061
Female Population 2,186
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 714
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Azimgarh compares

By the 2011 count Azimgarh is the 12th largest of the 76 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 3,921 residents. Its 1943.26 hectares work out to about 2.7 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 888.

Getting to Azimgarh

Azimgarh 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 Azimgarh 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 Azimgarh from other places

Azimgarh lies about 97 km from Firozpur, and the nearest railway station is Burj Mohar, about 6.1 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 Azimgarh
Tehsil headquarters Abohar 1.6 km
Nearest railway station Burj Mohar 6.1 km
District headquarters Firozpur 97 km

Villages closest to Azimgarh

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Azimgarh village had a population of 5,247. That makes it the 12th largest of the 76 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,921 residents.

Azimgarh village has 3,061 males and 2,186 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Azimgarh has about 714 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 888.

The pincode recorded for Azimgarh is 152120. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Azimgarh covers 1943.26 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Azimgarh falls under Abohar tehsil of Firozpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Azimgarh is Burj Mohar, about 6.1 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 Azimgarh.

Azimgarh is about 97 km from Firozpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Azimgarh is in Abohar tehsil of Firozpur district. Abohar is about 1.6 km away. Burj Mohar is about 6.1 km away. Firozpur is about 97 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Abohar (1.6 km), Alamgarh (4.2 km) and Kala Tibba (5.8 km).

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

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