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About Naushehra Village

Naushehra is a small village in Pathankot tehsil, in the district of Gurdaspur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 322, made up of 179 males and 143 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 799 females per 1000 males. The village covers 90 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 145025, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Naushehra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Naushehra village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Gurdaspur
Tehsil Pathankot
Pincode 145025
Area (hectares) 90 hectares
Population 322
Male Population 179
Female Population 143
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 799
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Naushehra compares

By the 2011 count Naushehra is the 261st largest of the 328 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 992 residents. Its 90 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, well below the tehsil average of 934.

Getting to Naushehra

Naushehra 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 Naushehra as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Naushehra from other places

Naushehra lies about 23 km from Gurdaspur, and the nearest railway station is Jakolari, about 3.5 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 Naushehra
Nearest railway station Jakolari 3.5 km
Nearest town Dīnānagar 10 km
Tehsil headquarters Pathankot 14 km
District headquarters Gurdaspur 23 km

Villages closest to Naushehra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Naushehra village had a population of 322. That makes it the 261st largest of the 328 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 992 residents.

Naushehra village has 179 males and 143 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Naushehra has about 799 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 934.

The pincode recorded for Naushehra is 145025. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Naushehra covers 90 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Naushehra falls under Pathankot tehsil of Gurdaspur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Naushehra is Jakolari, about 3.5 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 village for Naushehra.

Naushehra is about 23 km from Gurdaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Naushehra is in Pathankot tehsil of Gurdaspur district. Jakolari is about 3.5 km away. Dīnānagar is about 10 km away. Pathankot is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Akhrota (under 2 km), Sultanpur (under 2 km) and Bharial (1.5 km).

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

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