About Tajpur Village

Tajpur is a mid sized village in Chamkaur Sahib tehsil, in the district of Rupnagar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 696, made up of 369 males and 327 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 886 females per 1000 males. The village covers 134 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 140126, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Tajpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Tajpur village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Rupnagar
Tehsil	Chamkaur Sahib
Pincode	140126
Area (hectares)	134 hectares
Population	696
Male Population	369
Female Population	327
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	886
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 Tajpur compares

By the 2011 count Tajpur is the 82nd largest of the 176 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 752 residents. Its 134 hectares work out to about 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 892.

Getting to Tajpur

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

Tajpur lies about 24 km from Rupnagar, and the nearest railway station is New Morinda Junction, about 2.8 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 Tajpur
Nearest railway station	New Morinda Junction	2.8 km
Nearest town	Morinda	4.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chamkaur Sahib	17 km
District headquarters	Rupnagar	24 km

Villages closest to Tajpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Chamkaur Sahib 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 Tajpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Tajpur village had a population of 696. That makes it the 82nd largest of the 176 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 752 residents.

Tajpur village has 369 males and 327 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Tajpur has about 886 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 892.

The pincode recorded for Tajpur is 140126. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Tajpur covers 134 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Tajpur falls under Chamkaur Sahib tehsil of Rupnagar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Tajpur is New Morinda Junction, about 2.8 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 Tajpur.

Tajpur is about 24 km from Rupnagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Tajpur is in Chamkaur Sahib tehsil of Rupnagar district. New Morinda Junction is about 2.8 km away. Morinda is about 4.6 km away. Chamkaur Sahib is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.