About Behk Walayat Shah Village

Behk Walayat Shah is a small village in Zira tehsil, in the district of Firozpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 258, made up of 134 males and 124 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 925 females per 1000 males. The village covers 168 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 142044, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Behk Walayat Shah Overview

Census 2011 figures for Behk Walayat Shah village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Firozpur
Tehsil	Zira
Pincode	142044
Area (hectares)	168 hectares
Population	258
Male Population	134
Female Population	124
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	925
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 Behk Walayat Shah compares

By the 2011 count Behk Walayat Shah is the 170th largest of the 204 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 929 residents. Its 168 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 919.

Getting to Behk Walayat Shah

Behk Walayat Shah is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Behk Walayat 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 Behk Walayat Shah from other places

Behk Walayat Shah lies about 37 km from Firozpur, and the nearest railway station is Makhu, about 5.3 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 Behk Walayat Shah
Nearest railway station	Makhu	5.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Zira	11 km
District headquarters	Firozpur	37 km

Villages closest to Behk Walayat Shah

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Zira 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 Behk Walayat Shah

As per the Census of India 2011, Behk Walayat Shah village had a population of 258. That makes it the 170th largest of the 204 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 929 residents.

Behk Walayat Shah village has 134 males and 124 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Behk Walayat Shah has about 925 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 919.

The pincode recorded for Behk Walayat Shah is 142044. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Behk Walayat Shah covers 168 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Behk Walayat Shah falls under Zira tehsil of Firozpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Behk Walayat Shah is Makhu, about 5.3 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 Behk Walayat Shah.

Behk Walayat Shah is about 37 km from Firozpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Behk Walayat Shah is in Zira tehsil of Firozpur district. Makhu is about 5.3 km away. Zira is about 11 km away. Firozpur is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Killi Bodla (under 2 km), Behk Fattu (under 2 km) and Behk Gujran (under 2 km).

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