About Bharapur Village

Bharapur 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 902, made up of 462 males and 440 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 952 females per 1000 males. The village covers 151 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144526, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bharapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bharapur village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar
Tehsil	Balachaur
Pincode	144526
Area (hectares)	151 hectares
Population	902
Male Population	462
Female Population	440
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	952
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bharapur compares

By the 2011 count Bharapur is the 68th largest of the 175 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 872 residents. Its 151 hectares work out to about 6.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 937.

Getting to Bharapur

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

Bharapur lies about 20 km from Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar, and the nearest railway station is Garhshankar, about 8.1 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 Bharapur
Nearest railway station	Garhshankar	8.1 km
Nearest town	Nawanshahr	16 km
District headquarters	Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Balachaur	21 km

Villages closest to Bharapur

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 Bharapur

As per the Census of India 2011, Bharapur village had a population of 902. That makes it the 68th largest of the 175 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 872 residents.

Bharapur village has 462 males and 440 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bharapur has about 952 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 937.

The pincode recorded for Bharapur is 144526. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bharapur covers 151 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Bharapur is Garhshankar, about 8.1 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 10+ km distance for Bharapur.

Bharapur is about 20 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.

Bharapur is in Balachaur tehsil of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district. Garhshankar is about 8.1 km away. Nawanshahr is about 16 km away. Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.