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About Saidpur Kalan Village

Saidpur Kalan is a small village in Nawanshahr tehsil, in the district of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 412, made up of 220 males and 192 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 873 females per 1000 males. The village covers 169 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144517, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Saidpur Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Saidpur Kalan village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar
Tehsil Nawanshahr
Pincode 144517
Area (hectares) 169 hectares
Population 412
Male Population 220
Female Population 192
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 873
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Saidpur Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Saidpur Kalan is the 233rd largest of the 272 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,187 residents. Its 169 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 975.

Getting to Saidpur Kalan

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

How far is Saidpur Kalan from other places

Saidpur Kalan lies about 15 km from Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar, and the nearest railway station is Rahon, about 6.8 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 Saidpur Kalan
Nearest railway station Rahon 6.8 km
Nearest town Māchhīwāra 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Nawanshahr 13 km
District headquarters Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar 15 km

Villages closest to Saidpur Kalan

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 Saidpur Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Saidpur Kalan village had a population of 412. That makes it the 233rd largest of the 272 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,187 residents.

Saidpur Kalan village has 220 males and 192 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Saidpur Kalan has about 873 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 975.

The pincode recorded for Saidpur Kalan is 144517. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Saidpur Kalan covers 169 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Saidpur Kalan is Rahon, about 6.8 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Saidpur Kalan.

Saidpur Kalan 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.

Saidpur Kalan is in Nawanshahr tehsil of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district. Rahon is about 6.8 km away. Māchhīwāra is about 12 km away. Nawanshahr is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Saidpur Khurd (under 2 km), Saidpur Theh (under 2 km) and Thathiala (under 2 km).

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

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