About Shah Shamas Village

Shah Shamas is a mid sized village in Dera Baba Nanak tehsil, in the district of Gurdaspur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 628, made up of 314 males and 314 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 193 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 143511, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Shah Shamas Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shah Shamas village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Gurdaspur
Tehsil	Dera Baba Nanak
Pincode	143511
Area (hectares)	193 hectares
Population	628
Male Population	314
Female Population	314
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Shah Shamas compares

By the 2011 count Shah Shamas is the 69th largest of the 117 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 962 residents. Its 193 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 899.

Getting to Shah Shamas

Shah Shamas 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 Shah Shamas as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Shah Shamas from other places

Shah Shamas lies about 33 km from Gurdaspur, and the nearest railway station is Rattar Chattar, about 13 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 Shah Shamas
Nearest railway station	Rattar Chattar	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dera Baba Nanak	14 km
Nearest town	Batāla	16 km
District headquarters	Gurdaspur	33 km

Villages closest to Shah Shamas

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dera Baba Nanak 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 Shah Shamas

As per the Census of India 2011, Shah Shamas village had a population of 628. That makes it the 69th largest of the 117 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 962 residents.

Shah Shamas village has 314 males and 314 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shah Shamas has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 899.

The pincode recorded for Shah Shamas is 143511. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Shah Shamas covers 193 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Shah Shamas falls under Dera Baba Nanak tehsil of Gurdaspur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Shah Shamas is Rattar Chattar, about 13 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Shah Shamas.

Shah Shamas is about 33 km from Gurdaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shah Shamas is in Dera Baba Nanak tehsil of Gurdaspur district. Rattar Chattar is about 13 km away. Dera Baba Nanak is about 14 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.