About Shamspur Village

Shamspur 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 590, made up of 289 males and 301 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,042 females per 1000 males. The village covers 182 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144517, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Shamspur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shamspur village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar
Tehsil	Nawanshahr
Pincode	144517
Area (hectares)	182 hectares
Population	590
Male Population	289
Female Population	301
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,042
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 Shamspur compares

By the 2011 count Shamspur is the 208th largest of the 272 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,187 residents. Its 182 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 975.

Getting to Shamspur

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

Shamspur lies about 21 km from Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar, and the nearest railway station is Rahon, about 13 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 Shamspur
Nearest town	Māchhīwāra	5.9 km
Nearest railway station	Rahon	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nawanshahr	20 km
District headquarters	Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar	21 km

Villages closest to Shamspur

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 Shamspur

As per the Census of India 2011, Shamspur village had a population of 590. That makes it the 208th largest of the 272 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,187 residents.

Shamspur village has 289 males and 301 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shamspur has about 1042 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 975.

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

Shamspur covers 182 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Shamspur is Rahon, about 13 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 Shamspur.

Shamspur is about 21 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.

Shamspur is in Nawanshahr tehsil of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district. Māchhīwāra is about 5.9 km away. Rahon is about 13 km away. Nawanshahr is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.