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About Shahpur Village

Shahpur is a mid sized village in Payal tehsil, in the district of Ludhiana, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,317, made up of 701 males and 616 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 879 females per 1000 males. The village covers 234 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 141416, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Shahpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shahpur village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Ludhiana
Tehsil Payal
Pincode 141416
Area (hectares) 234 hectares
Population 1,317
Male Population 701
Female Population 616
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 879
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Shahpur compares

By the 2011 count Shahpur is the 50th largest of the 105 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,644 residents. Its 234 hectares work out to about 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 912.

Getting to Shahpur

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

How far is Shahpur from other places

Shahpur lies about 25 km from Ludhiana, and the nearest railway station is Jaspalon, about 5.6 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 Shahpur
Tehsil headquarters Payal 4.1 km
Nearest town Dorāha 5.4 km
Nearest railway station Jaspalon 5.6 km
District headquarters Ludhiana 25 km

Villages closest to Shahpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Shahpur village had a population of 1,317. That makes it the 50th largest of the 105 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,644 residents.

Shahpur village has 701 males and 616 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shahpur has about 879 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 912.

The pincode recorded for Shahpur is 141416. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Shahpur covers 234 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Shahpur falls under Payal tehsil of Ludhiana district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Shahpur is Jaspalon, about 5.6 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Shahpur.

Shahpur is about 25 km from Ludhiana in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shahpur is in Payal tehsil of Ludhiana district. Payal is about 4.1 km away. Dorāha is about 5.4 km away. Jaspalon is about 5.6 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kotla Afgana (under 2 km), Chan Koian Khurd (1.7 km) and Chankoian Kalan (2.0 km).

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

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