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About Usman Shahid Village

Usman Shahid is a mid sized village in Dasua tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,992, made up of 989 males and 1,003 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,014 females per 1000 males. The village covers 500 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144205, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Usman Shahid Overview

Census 2011 figures for Usman Shahid village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Hoshiarpur
Tehsil Dasua
Pincode 144205
Area (hectares) 500 hectares
Population 1,992
Male Population 989
Female Population 1,003
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,014
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Usman Shahid compares

By the 2011 count Usman Shahid is the 25th largest of the 361 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 823 residents. Its 500 hectares work out to about 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 984.

Getting to Usman Shahid

Usman Shahid 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 Usman Shahid 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Usman Shahid from other places

Usman Shahid lies about 41 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Dasuya, about 2.6 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 Usman Shahid
Tehsil headquarters Dasua 1.6 km
Nearest town Dasūya 1.6 km
Nearest railway station Dasuya 2.6 km
District headquarters Hoshiarpur 41 km

Villages closest to Usman Shahid

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dasua 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 Usman Shahid

As per the Census of India 2011, Usman Shahid village had a population of 1,992. That makes it the 25th largest of the 361 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 823 residents.

Usman Shahid village has 989 males and 1,003 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Usman Shahid has about 1014 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 984.

The pincode recorded for Usman Shahid is 144205. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Usman Shahid covers 500 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Usman Shahid falls under Dasua tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Usman Shahid is Dasuya, about 2.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Usman Shahid.

Usman Shahid is about 41 km from Hoshiarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Usman Shahid is in Dasua tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Dasua is about 1.6 km away. Dasūya is about 1.6 km away. Dasuya is about 2.6 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kalianpur (under 2 km), Kalyanpur (under 2 km) and Manak (under 2 km).

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

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