About Mehndipur Village

Mehndipur is a small village in Balachaur tehsil, in the district of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 180, made up of 97 males and 83 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 856 females per 1000 males. The village covers 201 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144521, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Mehndipur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Mehndipur village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar
Tehsil	Balachaur
Pincode	144521
Area (hectares)	201 hectares
Population	180
Male Population	97
Female Population	83
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	856
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Mehndipur compares

By the 2011 count Mehndipur is the 152nd largest of the 175 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 872 residents. Its 201 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 937.

Getting to Mehndipur

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

Mehndipur 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 Mehndipur
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 Mehndipur

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 Mehndipur

As per the Census of India 2011, Mehndipur village had a population of 180. That makes it the 152nd largest of the 175 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 872 residents.

Mehndipur village has 97 males and 83 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Mehndipur has about 856 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 Mehndipur is 144521. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Mehndipur covers 201 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Mehndipur 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Mehndipur.

Mehndipur 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.

Mehndipur 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.