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About Nurpur Village

Nurpur 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 998, made up of 512 males and 486 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 949 females per 1000 males. The village covers 288 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144502, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Nurpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Nurpur village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar
Tehsil Nawanshahr
Pincode 144502
Area (hectares) 288 hectares
Population 998
Male Population 512
Female Population 486
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 949
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Nurpur compares

By the 2011 count Nurpur is the 140th largest of the 272 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,187 residents. Its 288 hectares work out to about 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 975.

Getting to Nurpur

Nurpur 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 Nurpur 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 Nurpur from other places

Nurpur lies about 15 km from Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar, and the nearest railway station is Bahram, about 4.0 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 Nurpur
Nearest railway station Bahram 4.0 km
Nearest town Banga 8.5 km
District headquarters Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar 15 km
Tehsil headquarters Nawanshahr 20 km

Villages closest to Nurpur

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 Nurpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Nurpur village had a population of 998. That makes it the 140th largest of the 272 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,187 residents.

Nurpur village has 512 males and 486 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Nurpur has about 949 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 975.

The pincode recorded for Nurpur is 144502. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Nurpur covers 288 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Nurpur is Bahram, about 4.0 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 Nurpur.

Nurpur is about 15 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.

Nurpur is in Nawanshahr tehsil of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district. Bahram is about 4.0 km away. Banga is about 8.5 km away. Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sarhal Qazian (under 2 km), Lidhar Kalan (2.0 km) and Khanpur (2.1 km).

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

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