About Alipur Village

Alipur is a mid sized village in Garhshankar tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 899, made up of 490 males and 409 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 835 females per 1000 males. The village covers 173 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144532, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Alipur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Alipur village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Hoshiarpur
Tehsil	Garhshankar
Pincode	144532
Area (hectares)	173 hectares
Population	899
Male Population	490
Female Population	409
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	835
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Alipur compares

By the 2011 count Alipur is the 139th largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,022 residents. Its 173 hectares work out to about 5.2 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 961.

Getting to Alipur

Alipur 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 Alipur as Available within 5 - 10 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 Alipur from other places

Alipur lies about 48 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Alachor, about 1.6 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 Alipur
Nearest railway station	Alachor	1.6 km
Nearest town	Nawanshahr	4.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Garhshankar	6.6 km
District headquarters	Hoshiarpur	48 km

Villages closest to Alipur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Alipur village had a population of 899. That makes it the 139th largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,022 residents.

Alipur village has 490 males and 409 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Alipur has about 835 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 961.

The pincode recorded for Alipur is 144532. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Alipur covers 173 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Alipur falls under Garhshankar tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Alipur is Alachor, about 1.6 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Alipur.

Alipur is about 48 km from Hoshiarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Alipur is in Garhshankar tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Alachor is about 1.6 km away. Nawanshahr is about 4.0 km away. Garhshankar is about 6.6 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.