About Pero Shah Village

Pero Shah is a mid sized village in Batala tehsil, in the district of Gurdaspur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 819, made up of 434 males and 385 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 887 females per 1000 males. The village covers 225 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 143514, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Pero Shah Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pero Shah village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Gurdaspur
Tehsil	Batala
Pincode	143514
Area (hectares)	225 hectares
Population	819
Male Population	434
Female Population	385
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	887
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Pero Shah compares

By the 2011 count Pero Shah is the 222nd largest of the 351 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,329 residents. Its 225 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 910.

Getting to Pero Shah

Pero Shah is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Pero Shah as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Pero Shah from other places

Pero Shah lies about 40 km from Gurdaspur, and the nearest railway station is Vadala Granthin, about 15 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 Pero Shah
Nearest railway station	Vadala Granthin	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Batala	16 km
Nearest town	Batāla	16 km
District headquarters	Gurdaspur	40 km

Villages closest to Pero Shah

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.

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Common questions about Pero Shah

As per the Census of India 2011, Pero Shah village had a population of 819. That makes it the 222nd largest of the 351 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,329 residents.

Pero Shah village has 434 males and 385 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pero Shah has about 887 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 910.

The pincode recorded for Pero Shah is 143514. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Pero Shah covers 225 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Pero Shah falls under Batala tehsil of Gurdaspur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Pero Shah is Vadala Granthin, about 15 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Pero Shah.

Pero Shah is about 40 km from Gurdaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pero Shah is in Batala tehsil of Gurdaspur district. Vadala Granthin is about 15 km away. Batala is about 16 km away. Batāla is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.