About Maharajwala Village

Maharajwala is a mid sized village in Shahkot tehsil, in the district of Jalandhar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 855, made up of 444 males and 411 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 926 females per 1000 males. The village covers 517.2 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144003, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Maharajwala Overview

Census 2011 figures for Maharajwala village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Jalandhar
Tehsil	Shahkot
Pincode	144003
Area (hectares)	517.2 hectares
Population	855
Male Population	444
Female Population	411
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	926
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Maharajwala compares

By the 2011 count Maharajwala is the 64th largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 806 residents. Its 517.2 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 956.

Getting to Maharajwala

Maharajwala is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Maharajwala as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Maharajwala from other places

Maharajwala lies about 45 km from Jalandhar, and the nearest railway station is Kang Khurd, about 4.0 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 Maharajwala
Nearest railway station	Kang Khurd	4.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shahkot	16 km
Nearest town	Zira	24 km
District headquarters	Jalandhar	45 km

Villages closest to Maharajwala

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Maharajwala village had a population of 855. That makes it the 64th largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 806 residents.

Maharajwala village has 444 males and 411 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Maharajwala has about 926 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 956.

The pincode recorded for Maharajwala is 144003. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Maharajwala covers 517.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Maharajwala falls under Shahkot tehsil of Jalandhar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Maharajwala is Kang Khurd, about 4.0 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Maharajwala.

Maharajwala is about 45 km from Jalandhar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Maharajwala is in Shahkot tehsil of Jalandhar district. Kang Khurd is about 4.0 km away. Shahkot is about 16 km away. Zira is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.