About Faridpur Village

Faridpur is a mid sized village in Nabha tehsil, in the district of Patiala, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 789, made up of 397 males and 392 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 987 females per 1000 males. The village covers 237 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 147201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Faridpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Faridpur village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Patiala
Tehsil	Nabha
Pincode	147201
Area (hectares)	237 hectares
Population	789
Male Population	397
Female Population	392
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	987
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Faridpur compares

By the 2011 count Faridpur is the 104th largest of the 167 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,140 residents. Its 237 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 887.

Getting to Faridpur

Faridpur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Faridpur as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Faridpur from other places

Faridpur lies about 28 km from Patiala, and the nearest railway station is Mandi Gobindgarh, about 15 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 Faridpur
Nearest railway station	Mandi Gobindgarh	15 km
Nearest town	Gobindgarh	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nabha	20 km
District headquarters	Patiala	28 km

Villages closest to Faridpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Faridpur village had a population of 789. That makes it the 104th largest of the 167 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,140 residents.

Faridpur village has 397 males and 392 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Faridpur has about 987 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 887.

The pincode recorded for Faridpur is 147201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Faridpur covers 237 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Faridpur falls under Nabha tehsil of Patiala district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Faridpur is Mandi Gobindgarh, about 15 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Faridpur.

Faridpur is about 28 km from Patiala in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Faridpur is in Nabha tehsil of Patiala district. Mandi Gobindgarh is about 15 km away. Gobindgarh is about 16 km away. Nabha is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.