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About Shampur Village

Shampur is a mid sized village in Batala tehsil, in the district of Gurdaspur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 585, made up of 321 males and 264 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 822 females per 1000 males. The village covers 133 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 143505, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Shampur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shampur village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Gurdaspur
Tehsil Batala
Pincode 143505
Area (hectares) 133 hectares
Population 585
Male Population 321
Female Population 264
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 822
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Shampur compares

By the 2011 count Shampur is the 275th largest of the 351 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,329 residents. Its 133 hectares work out to about 4.4 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 910.

Getting to Shampur

The census records public bus service for Shampur as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Shampur from other places

Shampur lies about 28 km from Gurdaspur, and the nearest railway station is Batala Sugar Mills, about 2.7 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 Shampur
Nearest railway station Batala Sugar Mills 2.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Batala 5.0 km
Nearest town Batāla 5.0 km
District headquarters Gurdaspur 28 km

Villages closest to Shampur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Shampur village had a population of 585. That makes it the 275th largest of the 351 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,329 residents.

Shampur village has 321 males and 264 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shampur has about 822 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 910.

The pincode recorded for Shampur is 143505. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Shampur covers 133 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Shampur falls under Batala tehsil of Gurdaspur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Shampur is Batala Sugar Mills, about 2.7 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 <5 km distance for Shampur.

Shampur is about 28 km from Gurdaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shampur is in Batala tehsil of Gurdaspur district. Batala Sugar Mills is about 2.7 km away. Batala is about 5.0 km away. Batāla is about 5.0 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ahmadabad (under 2 km), Winjwan (1.8 km) and Taragarh (2.1 km).

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

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