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About Faizgarh Village

Faizgarh is a mid sized village in Malerkotla tehsil, in the district of Sangrur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 703, made up of 351 males and 352 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,003 females per 1000 males. The village covers 169 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 148023, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Faizgarh Overview

Census 2011 figures for Faizgarh village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Sangrur
Tehsil Malerkotla
Pincode 148023
Area (hectares) 169 hectares
Population 703
Male Population 351
Female Population 352
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,003
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Faizgarh compares

By the 2011 count Faizgarh is the 136th largest of the 178 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,425 residents. Its 169 hectares work out to about 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 896.

Getting to Faizgarh

Faizgarh is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Faizgarh as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Faizgarh from other places

Faizgarh lies about 22 km from Sangrur, and the nearest railway station is Himmatana, 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 Faizgarh
Nearest railway station Himmatana under 2 km
Nearest town Dhūri 8.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Malerkotla 9.6 km
District headquarters Sangrur 22 km

Villages closest to Faizgarh

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Faizgarh village had a population of 703. That makes it the 136th largest of the 178 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,425 residents.

Faizgarh village has 351 males and 352 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Faizgarh has about 1003 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 896.

The pincode recorded for Faizgarh is 148023. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Faizgarh covers 169 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Faizgarh falls under Malerkotla tehsil of Sangrur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Faizgarh is Himmatana, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Faizgarh.

Faizgarh is about 22 km from Sangrur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Faizgarh is in Malerkotla tehsil of Sangrur district. Himmatana is about under 2 km away. Dhūri is about 8.8 km away. Malerkotla is about 9.6 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dalelgarh (under 2 km), Mohamadgarh (2.3 km) and Hathan (3.5 km).

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

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