Village · Fazilka, Firozpur
# Alam Shah

Alam Shah is a village in Fazilka sub-district of Firozpur district, Punjab, PIN code 152123. The 2011 Census counted 1,691 people in 285 households, the 86th largest of 135 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 65.1%.
- 1,691 people (2011)
- 285 households
- 66.9% literacy
- 152123 PIN code

## Alam Shah PIN code and other codes

The PIN code of Alam Shah is 152123. Alam Shah falls in Fazilka sub-district, Firozpur district, Punjab.
- PIN code 152123
- Gram panchayat Alam Shah
- Community development block Fazilka
- Census village code 035095

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## How far is Alam Shah from nearby towns?
- Fazilka (sub-district HQ) 5 km by road
- Firozpur (district HQ) 91 km by road
- Fazilka (nearest town) 6 km by road

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## What facilities are there in Alam Shah?

7 services counted by the Census are inside Alam Shah; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village
- ● Primary school In village · 1 govt
- ● Mobile phone coverage In village
- ● Pucca (black-topped) road In village
- ● All-weather road In village
- ● Ration (PDS) shop In village
- ● Anganwadi centre In village
- ● ASHA health worker In village

### Nearest outside
- ○ Senior secondary school under 5 km · Fazilka
- ○ Degree college 5–10 km · Fazilka
- ○ ITI / vocational school 5–10 km · Fazilka
- ○ Primary health centre 5–10 km
- ○ Allopathic hospital 5–10 km
- ○ Dispensary 5–10 km
- ○ Post office 5–10 km
- ○ Public bus service 5–10 km
- ○ Railway station 5–10 km
- ○ ATM 5–10 km
- ○ Commercial bank 5–10 km
- ○ Mandi / regular market 5–10 km
- ○ Public library 5–10 km

### Water and power
- Drinking water hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011) 18 h summer · 16 h winter

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Alam Shah known for?

The main crops are sugarcane, paddy and wheat. Products made here include troly and spade. About 91% of the 442 hectares of village land is sown, and 404 hectares are irrigated.

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## Homes and amenities in Alam Shah

Of every 100 households in Alam Shah in 2011, 83 had electricity, 62 a toilet at home and 15 cooked with LPG; 78 had a mobile phone, 38 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Alam Shah · ■ Fazilka rural average
- Electricity for lighting 83% 91%
- Toilet within the home 62% 55%
- No toilet (open defecation) 38% 43%
- Tap water 40% 36%
- Drinking water within premises 80% 64%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 15% 21%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 84% 77%
- Use banking services 41% 47%
- Television 63% 64%
- Mobile phone 78% 67%
- Computer with internet 0% 1%
- Two-wheeler 38% 30%
- Car / jeep / van 4% 7%
- None of these assets 1% 9%
- Own their home 100% 96%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Alam Shah?

■ Alam Shah · ■ Fazilka rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 66.9% 65.1%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 909 909
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 695 856
- Working population 32.2% 39.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.4% for men and 58.0% for women. 55% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 138 (25%) · ■ Farm labourers 278 (51%) · ■ Household industry 8 (1%) · ■ Other work 94 (17%) · ■ Marginal 26 (5%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Fazilka
- Koil Khera 1,728 people
- Muhar Khiwa 1,720 people
- Miani Basti 1,709 people
- Tilanwali 1,698 people
- Chak Dabwala 1,679 people
- Bareka 1,637 people
- Jorki Kankarwali 1,626 people
- Ghatianwali Jattan 1,625 people

All 147 villages in Fazilka

## Other places named Alam Shah
- Alamshah · Village, Nagar, Bharatpur · 1,818 people

## Quick answers
- What is the PIN code of Alam Shah? 152123
- How far is Alam Shah from Firozpur? 91 km by road
- What is the population of Alam Shah? 1,691 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Alam Shah in? Firozpur district (Fazilka sub-district), Punjab
- What is the literacy rate of Alam Shah? 66.9% (Census 2011)

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