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About Safdarpur Village

Safdarpur is a mid sized village in Rajpura tehsil, in the district of Patiala, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 703, made up of 385 males and 318 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 826 females per 1000 males. The village covers 140 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 147102, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Safdarpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Safdarpur village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Patiala
Tehsil Rajpura
Pincode 147102
Area (hectares) 140 hectares
Population 703
Male Population 385
Female Population 318
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 826
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Safdarpur compares

By the 2011 count Safdarpur is the 155th largest of the 236 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,174 residents. Its 140 hectares work out to about 5.0 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 880.

Getting to Safdarpur

Safdarpur is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Safdarpur as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Safdarpur from other places

Safdarpur lies about 21 km from Patiala, and the nearest railway station is Sarai Banjara, about 4.4 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 Safdarpur
Nearest railway station Sarai Banjara 4.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Rajpura 8.9 km
District headquarters Patiala 21 km

Villages closest to Safdarpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Safdarpur village had a population of 703. That makes it the 155th largest of the 236 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,174 residents.

Safdarpur village has 385 males and 318 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Safdarpur has about 826 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 880.

The pincode recorded for Safdarpur is 147102. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Safdarpur covers 140 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Safdarpur falls under Rajpura tehsil of Patiala district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Safdarpur is Sarai Banjara, about 4.4 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Safdarpur.

Safdarpur is about 21 km from Patiala in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Safdarpur is in Rajpura tehsil of Patiala district. Sarai Banjara is about 4.4 km away. Rajpura is about 8.9 km away. Patiala is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bhedwal (under 2 km), Jainagar (1.6 km) and Pabra (3.1 km).

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

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