About Begampur Village

Begampur is a mid sized village in Balachaur tehsil, in the district of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 980, made up of 520 males and 460 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 885 females per 1000 males. The village covers 367 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144524, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Begampur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Begampur village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar
Tehsil	Balachaur
Pincode	144524
Area (hectares)	367 hectares
Population	980
Male Population	520
Female Population	460
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	885
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Begampur compares

By the 2011 count Begampur is the 57th largest of the 175 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 872 residents. Its 367 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 937.

Getting to Begampur

Begampur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Begampur as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Begampur from other places

Begampur lies about 4.8 km from Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar, and the nearest railway station is Nawanshahr Daoba Junction, about 1.5 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 Begampur
Nearest railway station	Nawanshahr Daoba Junction	1.5 km
Nearest town	Nawanshahr	1.9 km
District headquarters	Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar	4.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Balachaur	19 km

Villages closest to Begampur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Begampur village had a population of 980. That makes it the 57th largest of the 175 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 872 residents.

Begampur village has 520 males and 460 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Begampur has about 885 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 937.

The pincode recorded for Begampur is 144524. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Begampur covers 367 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Begampur falls under Balachaur tehsil of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Begampur is Nawanshahr Daoba Junction, about 1.5 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Begampur.

Begampur is about 4.8 km from Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Begampur is in Balachaur tehsil of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district. Nawanshahr Daoba Junction is about 1.5 km away. Nawanshahr is about 1.9 km away. Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar is about 4.8 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.