About Shakohpur Village

Shakohpur 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 1,317, made up of 681 males and 636 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 934 females per 1000 males. The village covers 242 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144421, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Shakohpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shakohpur village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar
Tehsil	Nawanshahr
Pincode	144421
Area (hectares)	242 hectares
Population	1,317
Male Population	681
Female Population	636
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	934
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Shakohpur compares

By the 2011 count Shakohpur is the 88th largest of the 272 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,187 residents. Its 242 hectares work out to about 5.4 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 Shakohpur

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

Shakohpur lies about 2.5 km from Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar, and the nearest railway station is Kariha, about 5.5 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 Shakohpur
District headquarters	Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar	2.5 km
Nearest railway station	Kariha	5.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nawanshahr	7.0 km

Villages closest to Shakohpur

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 Shakohpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Shakohpur village had a population of 1,317. That makes it the 88th largest of the 272 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,187 residents.

Shakohpur village has 681 males and 636 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shakohpur has about 934 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 Shakohpur is 144421. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Shakohpur covers 242 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Shakohpur is Kariha, about 5.5 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 Shakohpur.

Shakohpur is about 2.5 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.

Shakohpur is in Nawanshahr tehsil of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district. Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar is about 2.5 km away. Kariha is about 5.5 km away. Nawanshahr is about 7.0 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.