About Gaggar Village

Gaggar is a small village in Ajnala tehsil, in the district of Amritsar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 376, made up of 198 males and 178 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 899 females per 1000 males. The village covers 204 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 143202, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gaggar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gaggar village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Amritsar
Tehsil	Ajnala
Pincode	143202
Area (hectares)	204 hectares
Population	376
Male Population	198
Female Population	178
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	899
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 Gaggar compares

By the 2011 count Gaggar is the 251st 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 204 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 912.

Getting to Gaggar

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

Gaggar lies about 42 km from Amritsar, and the nearest railway station is Ramdas, about 6.8 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 Gaggar
Nearest railway station	Ramdas	6.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ajnala	19 km
Nearest town	Ajnāla	19 km
District headquarters	Amritsar	42 km

Villages closest to Gaggar

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.

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Common questions about Gaggar

As per the Census of India 2011, Gaggar village had a population of 376. That makes it the 251st largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,276 residents.

Gaggar village has 198 males and 178 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gaggar has about 899 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 912.

The pincode recorded for Gaggar is 143202. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gaggar covers 204 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gaggar falls under Ajnala tehsil of Amritsar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Gaggar is Ramdas, about 6.8 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 Gaggar.

Gaggar is about 42 km from Amritsar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gaggar is in Ajnala tehsil of Amritsar district. Ramdas is about 6.8 km away. Ajnala is about 19 km away. Ajnāla is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.