About Alam Shah Village

Alam Shah is a mid sized village in Fazilka tehsil, in the district of Firozpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,691, made up of 886 males and 805 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 909 females per 1000 males. The village covers 442 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 152123, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Alam Shah Overview

Census 2011 figures for Alam Shah village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Firozpur
Tehsil	Fazilka
Pincode	152123
Area (hectares)	442 hectares
Population	1,691
Male Population	886
Female Population	805
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	909
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Alam Shah compares

By the 2011 count Alam Shah is the 86th largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,384 residents. Its 442 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 913.

Getting to Alam Shah

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

How far is Alam Shah from other places

Alam Shah lies about 82 km from Firozpur, and the nearest railway station is Fazilka Junction, 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 Alam Shah
Nearest railway station	Fazilka Junction	3.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Fazilka	3.5 km
District headquarters	Firozpur	82 km

Villages closest to Alam Shah

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Fazilka 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 Alam Shah

As per the Census of India 2011, Alam Shah village had a population of 1,691. That makes it the 86th largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,384 residents.

Alam Shah village has 886 males and 805 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Alam Shah has about 909 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 913.

The pincode recorded for Alam Shah is 152123. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Alam Shah covers 442 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Alam Shah falls under Fazilka tehsil of Firozpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Alam Shah is Fazilka Junction, about 3.3 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Alam Shah.

Alam Shah is about 82 km from Firozpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Alam Shah is in Fazilka tehsil of Firozpur district. Fazilka Junction is about 3.3 km away. Fazilka is about 3.5 km away. Firozpur is about 82 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.