About Sindhar Village

Sindhar is a mid sized village in Shahkot tehsil, in the district of Jalandhar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,486, made up of 740 males and 746 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,008 females per 1000 males. The village covers 414.71 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144702, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sindhar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sindhar village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Jalandhar
Tehsil	Shahkot
Pincode	144702
Area (hectares)	414.71 hectares
Population	1,486
Male Population	740
Female Population	746
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,008
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Sindhar compares

By the 2011 count Sindhar is the 21st largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 806 residents. Its 414.71 hectares work out to about 3.6 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 Sindhar

Sindhar 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 Sindhar as Available within 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 Sindhar from other places

Sindhar lies about 40 km from Jalandhar, and the nearest railway station is Sindhar, about under 2 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 Sindhar
Nearest railway station	Sindhar	under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shahkot	9.6 km
Nearest town	Nakodar	22 km
District headquarters	Jalandhar	40 km

Villages closest to Sindhar

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 Sindhar

As per the Census of India 2011, Sindhar village had a population of 1,486. That makes it the 21st largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 806 residents.

Sindhar village has 740 males and 746 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sindhar has about 1008 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 956.

The pincode recorded for Sindhar is 144702. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sindhar covers 414.71 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sindhar falls under Shahkot tehsil of Jalandhar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Sindhar is Sindhar, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

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

Sindhar is about 40 km from Jalandhar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sindhar is in Shahkot tehsil of Jalandhar district. Sindhar is about under 2 km away. Shahkot is about 9.6 km away. Nakodar is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.