Shahpur, Phillaur

Shahpur is a medium size village in Phillaur tehsil of Jalandhar District of Punjab State, India. It is located 7.7 km away from Goraya, 41 km from Jalandhar and 122 km from state capital Chandigarh. Shahpur has postal head office in Phillaur which is 11 km away from the village. The village is administrated by Sarpanch who is the elected representative of village.

Shahpur
Village
Shahpur is located in Punjab

Shahpur
Shahpur
Location in Punjab, India

Coordinates: 31.0711264°N 75.7948172°E
Country  India
State Punjab
District Jalandhar
Tehsil Phillaur
Government

 • Type Panchayat raj
 • Body Gram panchayat
Elevation

246 m (807 ft)
Population

 (2011)
 • Total 1,722[1]
Sex ratio 890/832 ♂/♀
Languages

 • Official Punjabi
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
144410
Telephone code 01826
ISO 3166 code IN-PB
Vehicle registration PB 37
Post office Phillaur
Website jalandhar.nic.in

Caste

The village has schedule caste (SC) constitutes 54.01% of total population of the village and it doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Education

The village has a Punjabi Medium, Co-educational Upper Primary school (GMS Shahpur School). The school provide mid-day meal as per Indian Midday Meal Scheme and the meal prepared in school premises. The school was founded in 1954.

Colleges

Below is the list of college/institutes in Shahpur:

  • Ct Institute Of Pharmaceutical Sciences
  • M.k. College Of Education

Transport

Rail

Phillaur Junction is the nearest train station however, Bhatian Railway Station is 4 km away from the village.

Air

The nearest domestic airport is located 38 km away in Ludhiana and the nearest international airport is located in Chandigarh also Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport is the second nearest airport which is 136 km away in Amritsar.