About Shahar Village

Shahar is a mid sized village in Pathankot tehsil, in the district of Gurdaspur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,069, made up of 571 males and 498 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 872 females per 1000 males. The village covers 81 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 145025, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Shahar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shahar village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Gurdaspur
Tehsil	Pathankot
Pincode	145025
Area (hectares)	81 hectares
Population	1,069
Male Population	571
Female Population	498
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	872
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Shahar compares

By the 2011 count Shahar is the 110th largest of the 328 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 992 residents. Its 81 hectares work out to about 13 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 934.

Getting to Shahar

Shahar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Shahar 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Shahar from other places

Shahar lies about 40 km from Gurdaspur, and the nearest railway station is Madhopur Punjab, about under 2 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 Shahar
Nearest railway station	Madhopur Punjab	under 2 km
Nearest town	Sujānpur	5.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Pathankot	11 km
District headquarters	Gurdaspur	40 km

Villages closest to Shahar

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.

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Common questions about Shahar

As per the Census of India 2011, Shahar village had a population of 1,069. That makes it the 110th largest of the 328 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 992 residents.

Shahar village has 571 males and 498 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shahar has about 872 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 Shahar is 145025. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Shahar covers 81 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 13 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Shahar falls under Pathankot tehsil of Gurdaspur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Shahar is Madhopur Punjab, about under 2 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Shahar.

Shahar 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.

Shahar is in Pathankot tehsil of Gurdaspur district. Madhopur Punjab is about under 2 km away. Sujānpur is about 5.2 km away. Pathankot is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.