About Wahidpur Village

Wahidpur is a mid sized village in Garhshankar tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,358, made up of 710 males and 648 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 913 females per 1000 males. The village covers 308 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144528, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Wahidpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Wahidpur village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Hoshiarpur
Tehsil	Garhshankar
Pincode	144528
Area (hectares)	308 hectares
Population	1,358
Male Population	710
Female Population	648
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	913
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Wahidpur compares

By the 2011 count Wahidpur is the 66th largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,022 residents. Its 308 hectares work out to about 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 961.

Getting to Wahidpur

Wahidpur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Wahidpur as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Wahidpur from other places

Wahidpur lies about 38 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Satnaur Badesron, about 3.0 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 Wahidpur
Nearest railway station	Satnaur Badesron	3.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Garhshankar	4.6 km
Nearest town	Banga	11 km
District headquarters	Hoshiarpur	38 km

Villages closest to Wahidpur

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 Wahidpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Wahidpur village had a population of 1,358. That makes it the 66th largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,022 residents.

Wahidpur village has 710 males and 648 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Wahidpur has about 913 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 961.

The pincode recorded for Wahidpur is 144528. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Wahidpur covers 308 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Wahidpur falls under Garhshankar tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Wahidpur is Satnaur Badesron, about 3.0 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Wahidpur.

Wahidpur is about 38 km from Hoshiarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Wahidpur is in Garhshankar tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Satnaur Badesron is about 3.0 km away. Garhshankar is about 4.6 km away. Banga is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.