About Paragpur Village

Paragpur 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 206, made up of 113 males and 93 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 823 females per 1000 males. The village covers 146 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144522, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Paragpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Paragpur village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar
Tehsil	Balachaur
Pincode	144522
Area (hectares)	146 hectares
Population	206
Male Population	113
Female Population	93
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	823
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Paragpur compares

By the 2011 count Paragpur is the 148th largest of the 175 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 872 residents. Its 146 hectares work out to about 1.4 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 Paragpur

Paragpur is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Paragpur as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Paragpur from other places

Paragpur lies about 31 km from Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar, and the nearest railway station is Rupnagar, about 17 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 Paragpur
Tehsil headquarters	Balachaur	9.0 km
Nearest town	Bālāchor	9.0 km
Nearest railway station	Rupnagar	17 km
District headquarters	Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar	31 km

Villages closest to Paragpur

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 Paragpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Paragpur village had a population of 206. That makes it the 148th largest of the 175 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 872 residents.

Paragpur village has 113 males and 93 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Paragpur has about 823 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 Paragpur is 144522. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Paragpur covers 146 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Paragpur is Rupnagar, about 17 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 10+ km distance for Paragpur.

Paragpur is about 31 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.

Paragpur is in Balachaur tehsil of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district. Balachaur is about 9.0 km away. Bālāchor is about 9.0 km away. Rupnagar is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.