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About Gagarmal Village

Gagarmal is a small village in Ajnala tehsil, in the district of Amritsar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 482, made up of 260 males and 222 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 854 females per 1000 males. The village covers 210 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 143110, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gagarmal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gagarmal village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Amritsar
Tehsil Ajnala
Pincode 143110
Area (hectares) 210 hectares
Population 482
Male Population 260
Female Population 222
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 854
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Gagarmal compares

By the 2011 count Gagarmal is the 236th largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,276 residents. Its 210 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 912.

Getting to Gagarmal

Gagarmal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gagarmal 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gagarmal from other places

Gagarmal lies about 30 km from Amritsar, and the nearest railway station is واہگہ, about 10 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 Gagarmal
Nearest railway station واہگہ 10 km
Tehsil headquarters Ajnala 26 km
Nearest town Ajnāla 26 km
District headquarters Amritsar 30 km

Villages closest to Gagarmal

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Ajnala 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.

Common questions about Gagarmal

As per the Census of India 2011, Gagarmal village had a population of 482. That makes it the 236th largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,276 residents.

Gagarmal village has 260 males and 222 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gagarmal has about 854 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 912.

The pincode recorded for Gagarmal is 143110. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gagarmal covers 210 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gagarmal falls under Ajnala tehsil of Amritsar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Gagarmal is واہگہ, about 10 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Gagarmal.

Gagarmal is about 30 km from Amritsar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gagarmal is in Ajnala tehsil of Amritsar district. واہگہ is about 10 km away. Ajnala is about 26 km away. Ajnāla is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Makhanpura (under 2 km), Rai (1.6 km) and Talwandi Rai Dado (1.6 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Gagarmal today is likely to be higher.

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