About Mehandpur Village

Mehandpur 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 1,816, made up of 940 males and 876 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 932 females per 1000 males. The village covers 314 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144526, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Mehandpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Mehandpur village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar
Tehsil	Balachaur
Pincode	144526
Area (hectares)	314 hectares
Population	1,816
Male Population	940
Female Population	876
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	932
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Mehandpur compares

By the 2011 count Mehandpur is the 16th largest of the 175 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 872 residents. Its 314 hectares work out to about 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 937.

Getting to Mehandpur

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

Mehandpur lies about 17 km from Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar, and the nearest railway station is Rahon, about 9.7 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 Mehandpur
Nearest railway station	Rahon	9.7 km
Nearest town	Māchhīwāra	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Balachaur	11 km
District headquarters	Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar	17 km

Villages closest to Mehandpur

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 Mehandpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Mehandpur village had a population of 1,816. That makes it the 16th largest of the 175 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 872 residents.

Mehandpur village has 940 males and 876 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Mehandpur has about 932 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 937.

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

Mehandpur covers 314 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Mehandpur is Rahon, about 9.7 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 village for Mehandpur.

Mehandpur is about 17 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.

Mehandpur is in Balachaur tehsil of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district. Rahon is about 9.7 km away. Māchhīwāra is about 11 km away. Balachaur is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.