About Shahpur Afghanan Village

Shahpur Afghanan is a small village in Rajpura tehsil, in the district of Patiala, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 141, made up of 81 males and 60 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 741 females per 1000 males. The village covers 84 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 147001, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Shahpur Afghanan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shahpur Afghanan village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Patiala
Tehsil	Rajpura
Pincode	147001
Area (hectares)	84 hectares
Population	141
Male Population	81
Female Population	60
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	741
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 Shahpur Afghanan compares

By the 2011 count Shahpur Afghanan is the 225th largest of the 236 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,174 residents. Its 84 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 880.

Getting to Shahpur Afghanan

Shahpur Afghanan is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Shahpur Afghanan 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 Shahpur Afghanan from other places

Shahpur Afghanan lies about 14 km from Patiala, and the nearest railway station is Kauli, about 4.0 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 Afghanan
Nearest railway station	Kauli	4.0 km
Nearest town	Sanaur	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Rajpura	12 km
District headquarters	Patiala	14 km

Villages closest to Shahpur Afghanan

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.

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Common questions about Shahpur Afghanan

As per the Census of India 2011, Shahpur Afghanan village had a population of 141. That makes it the 225th largest of the 236 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,174 residents.

Shahpur Afghanan village has 81 males and 60 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shahpur Afghanan has about 741 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 Shahpur Afghanan is 147001. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Shahpur Afghanan covers 84 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Shahpur Afghanan falls under Rajpura tehsil of Patiala district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Shahpur Afghanan is Kauli, about 4.0 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 Shahpur Afghanan.

Shahpur Afghanan is about 14 km from Patiala in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shahpur Afghanan is in Rajpura tehsil of Patiala district. Kauli is about 4.0 km away. Sanaur is about 12 km away. Rajpura is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.