About Alachaur Village

Alachaur is a mid sized village in Nawanshahr tehsil, in the district of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,218, made up of 596 males and 622 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,044 females per 1000 males. The village covers 139 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144514, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Alachaur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Alachaur village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar
Tehsil	Nawanshahr
Pincode	144514
Area (hectares)	139 hectares
Population	1,218
Male Population	596
Female Population	622
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,044
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Alachaur compares

By the 2011 count Alachaur is the 107th largest of the 272 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,187 residents. Its 139 hectares work out to about 8.8 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 975.

Getting to Alachaur

Alachaur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Alachaur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Alachaur from other places

Alachaur lies about 7.9 km from Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar, and the nearest railway station is Alachor, about under 2 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 Alachaur
Nearest railway station	Alachor	under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nawanshahr	4.1 km
District headquarters	Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar	7.9 km

Villages closest to Alachaur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Alachaur village had a population of 1,218. That makes it the 107th largest of the 272 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,187 residents.

Alachaur village has 596 males and 622 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Alachaur has about 1044 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 975.

The pincode recorded for Alachaur is 144514. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Alachaur covers 139 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.8 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Alachaur falls under Nawanshahr tehsil of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Alachaur is Alachor, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Alachaur.

Alachaur is about 7.9 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.

Alachaur is in Nawanshahr tehsil of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district. Alachor is about under 2 km away. Nawanshahr is about 4.1 km away. Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar is about 7.9 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.