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About Musapur Village

Musapur is a large village in Nawanshahr tehsil, in the district of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,773, made up of 1,421 males and 1,352 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 951 females per 1000 males. The village covers 568 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144513, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Musapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Musapur village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar
Tehsil Nawanshahr
Pincode 144513
Area (hectares) 568 hectares
Population 2,773
Male Population 1,421
Female Population 1,352
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 951
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Musapur compares

By the 2011 count Musapur is the 17th largest of the 272 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,187 residents. Its 568 hectares work out to about 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 975.

Getting to Musapur

Musapur is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Musapur as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Musapur from other places

Musapur lies about 2.2 km from Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar, and the nearest railway station is Kariha, about 2.2 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 Musapur
District headquarters Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar 2.2 km
Nearest railway station Kariha 2.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Nawanshahr 6.8 km

Villages closest to Musapur

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.

Common questions about Musapur

As per the Census of India 2011, Musapur village had a population of 2,773. That makes it the 17th largest of the 272 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,187 residents.

Musapur village has 1,421 males and 1,352 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Musapur has about 951 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 975.

The pincode recorded for Musapur is 144513. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Musapur covers 568 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Musapur is Kariha, about 2.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Musapur.

Musapur is about 2.2 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.

Musapur is in Nawanshahr tehsil of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district. Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar is about 2.2 km away. Kariha is about 2.2 km away. Nawanshahr is about 6.8 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mangowal (1.9 km), Lodhipur (1.9 km) and Kariha (1.9 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Musapur today is likely to be higher.

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