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About Yusafpur Darewal Village

Yusafpur Darewal is a mid sized village in Shahkot tehsil, in the district of Jalandhar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,349, made up of 730 males and 619 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 848 females per 1000 males. The village covers 543 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144003, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Yusafpur Darewal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Yusafpur Darewal village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Jalandhar
Tehsil Shahkot
Pincode 144003
Area (hectares) 543 hectares
Population 1,349
Male Population 730
Female Population 619
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 848
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Yusafpur Darewal compares

By the 2011 count Yusafpur Darewal is the 28th largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 806 residents. Its 543 hectares work out to about 2.5 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 956.

Getting to Yusafpur Darewal

Yusafpur Darewal 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 Yusafpur Darewal as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Yusafpur Darewal from other places

Yusafpur Darewal lies about 50 km from Jalandhar, and the nearest railway station is Giddarpindi, about 2.5 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 Yusafpur Darewal
Nearest railway station Giddarpindi 2.5 km
Nearest town Zira 23 km
Tehsil headquarters Shahkot 24 km
District headquarters Jalandhar 50 km

Villages closest to Yusafpur Darewal

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.

Common questions about Yusafpur Darewal

As per the Census of India 2011, Yusafpur Darewal village had a population of 1,349. That makes it the 28th largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 806 residents.

Yusafpur Darewal village has 730 males and 619 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Yusafpur Darewal has about 848 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 956.

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

Yusafpur Darewal covers 543 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Yusafpur Darewal falls under Shahkot tehsil of Jalandhar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Yusafpur Darewal is Giddarpindi, about 2.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Yusafpur Darewal.

Yusafpur Darewal is about 50 km from Jalandhar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Yusafpur Darewal is in Shahkot tehsil of Jalandhar district. Giddarpindi is about 2.5 km away. Zira is about 23 km away. Shahkot is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Yusafpur Allewal (under 2 km), Mandi Kalu (1.9 km) and Bara Jodhsingh (4.6 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Yusafpur Darewal today is likely to be higher.

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