About Papri Village

Papri is a small village in SAS Nagar tehsil, in the district of Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 293, made up of 152 males and 141 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 928 females per 1000 males. The village covers 83 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 140306, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Papri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Papri village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar
Tehsil	SAS Nagar
Pincode	140306
Area (hectares)	83 hectares
Population	293
Male Population	152
Female Population	141
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	928
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 Papri compares

By the 2011 count Papri is the 75th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,384 residents. Its 83 hectares work out to about 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 881.

Getting to Papri

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

Papri lies about 3.1 km from Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar, and the nearest railway station is Sahibzada Ajitsingh Nagar (Mohali), about under 2 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 Papri
Nearest railway station	Sahibzada Ajitsingh Nagar (Mohali)	under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters	SAS Nagar	3.1 km
District headquarters	Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar	3.1 km
Nearest town	Mohali	3.1 km

Villages closest to Papri

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in SAS Nagar 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 Papri

As per the Census of India 2011, Papri village had a population of 293. That makes it the 75th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,384 residents.

Papri village has 152 males and 141 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Papri has about 928 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 881.

The pincode recorded for Papri is 140306. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Papri covers 83 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Papri falls under SAS Nagar tehsil of Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Papri is Sahibzada Ajitsingh Nagar (Mohali), about under 2 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 Papri.

Papri is about 3.1 km from Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Papri is in SAS Nagar tehsil of Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar district. Sahibzada Ajitsingh Nagar (Mohali) is about under 2 km away. SAS Nagar is about 3.1 km away. Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar is about 3.1 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.