About Taharpur Village

Taharpur 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 859, made up of 446 males and 413 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 926 females per 1000 males. The village covers 197 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144502, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Taharpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Taharpur village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar
Tehsil	Nawanshahr
Pincode	144502
Area (hectares)	197 hectares
Population	859
Male Population	446
Female Population	413
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	926
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 Taharpur compares

By the 2011 count Taharpur is the 166th largest of the 272 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,187 residents. Its 197 hectares work out to about 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 975.

Getting to Taharpur

Taharpur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Taharpur 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 Taharpur from other places

Taharpur lies about 18 km from Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar, and the nearest railway station is Bahram, about 5.1 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 Taharpur
Nearest railway station	Bahram	5.1 km
Nearest town	Banga	11 km
District headquarters	Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar	18 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nawanshahr	22 km

Villages closest to Taharpur

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 Taharpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Taharpur village had a population of 859. That makes it the 166th largest of the 272 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,187 residents.

Taharpur village has 446 males and 413 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Taharpur has about 926 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 975.

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

Taharpur covers 197 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Taharpur is Bahram, about 5.1 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 Taharpur.

Taharpur is about 18 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.

Taharpur is in Nawanshahr tehsil of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district. Bahram is about 5.1 km away. Banga is about 11 km away. Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.