About Wazirpur Village

Wazirpur is a large village in Dhuri tehsil, in the district of Sangrur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,066, made up of 1,076 males and 990 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 920 females per 1000 males. The village covers 680 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 148025, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Wazirpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Wazirpur village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Sangrur
Tehsil	Dhuri
Pincode	148025
Area (hectares)	680 hectares
Population	2,066
Male Population	1,076
Female Population	990
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	920
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Wazirpur compares

By the 2011 count Wazirpur is the 43rd largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 2,169 residents. Its 680 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 886.

Getting to Wazirpur

Wazirpur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Wazirpur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Wazirpur from other places

Wazirpur lies about 31 km from Sangrur, and the nearest railway station is Malerkotla, about 14 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 Wazirpur
Nearest railway station	Malerkotla	14 km
Nearest town	Māler Kotla	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dhuri	20 km
District headquarters	Sangrur	31 km

Villages closest to Wazirpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Wazirpur village had a population of 2,066. That makes it the 43rd largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,169 residents.

Wazirpur village has 1,076 males and 990 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Wazirpur has about 920 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 886.

The pincode recorded for Wazirpur is 148025. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Wazirpur covers 680 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Wazirpur falls under Dhuri tehsil of Sangrur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Wazirpur is Malerkotla, about 14 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Wazirpur.

Wazirpur is about 31 km from Sangrur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Wazirpur is in Dhuri tehsil of Sangrur district. Malerkotla is about 14 km away. Māler Kotla is about 15 km away. Dhuri is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.