About Taharpur Village

Taharpur is a small village in Pathankot tehsil, in the district of Gurdaspur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 148, made up of 75 males and 73 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 973 females per 1000 males. The village covers 59 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 143535, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Taharpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Taharpur village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Gurdaspur
Tehsil	Pathankot
Pincode	143535
Area (hectares)	59 hectares
Population	148
Male Population	75
Female Population	73
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	973
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Taharpur compares

By the 2011 count Taharpur is the 297th largest of the 328 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 992 residents. Its 59 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 934.

Getting to Taharpur

Taharpur 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 Taharpur 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 Taharpur from other places

Taharpur lies about 17 km from Gurdaspur, and the nearest railway station is Dina Nagar, about 9.2 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 Taharpur
Nearest railway station	Dina Nagar	9.2 km
Nearest town	Dīnānagar	9.3 km
District headquarters	Gurdaspur	17 km
Tehsil headquarters	Pathankot	25 km

Villages closest to Taharpur

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 Taharpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Taharpur village had a population of 148. That makes it the 297th largest of the 328 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 992 residents.

Taharpur village has 75 males and 73 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Taharpur has about 973 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 934.

The pincode recorded for Taharpur is 143535. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Taharpur covers 59 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Taharpur falls under Pathankot tehsil of Gurdaspur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Taharpur is Dina Nagar, about 9.2 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 Taharpur.

Taharpur is about 17 km from Gurdaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Taharpur is in Pathankot tehsil of Gurdaspur district. Dina Nagar is about 9.2 km away. Dīnānagar is about 9.3 km away. Gurdaspur is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.