About Pandher Village

Pandher is a mid sized village in Shahkot tehsil, in the district of Jalandhar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 537, made up of 268 males and 269 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,004 females per 1000 males. The village covers 216 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144625, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Pandher Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pandher village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Jalandhar
Tehsil	Shahkot
Pincode	144625
Area (hectares)	216 hectares
Population	537
Male Population	268
Female Population	269
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,004
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Pandher compares

By the 2011 count Pandher is the 112th largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 806 residents. Its 216 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 956.

Getting to Pandher

Pandher is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Pandher 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Pandher from other places

Pandher lies about 20 km from Jalandhar, and the nearest railway station is Nakodar Junction, about 7.5 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 Pandher
Nearest town	Nakodar	5.9 km
Nearest railway station	Nakodar Junction	7.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shahkot	16 km
District headquarters	Jalandhar	20 km

Villages closest to Pandher

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 Pandher

As per the Census of India 2011, Pandher village had a population of 537. That makes it the 112th largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 806 residents.

Pandher village has 268 males and 269 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pandher has about 1004 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 956.

The pincode recorded for Pandher is 144625. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Pandher covers 216 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Pandher falls under Shahkot tehsil of Jalandhar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Pandher is Nakodar Junction, about 7.5 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Pandher.

Pandher is about 20 km from Jalandhar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pandher is in Shahkot tehsil of Jalandhar district. Nakodar is about 5.9 km away. Nakodar Junction is about 7.5 km away. Shahkot is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.