About Gulgarh Village

Gulgarh is a small village in Ajnala tehsil, in the district of Amritsar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 278, made up of 135 males and 143 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,059 females per 1000 males. The village covers 219 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 143118, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gulgarh Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gulgarh village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Amritsar
Tehsil	Ajnala
Pincode	143118
Area (hectares)	219 hectares
Population	278
Male Population	135
Female Population	143
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,059
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gulgarh compares

By the 2011 count Gulgarh is the 272nd 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 219 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 912.

Getting to Gulgarh

Gulgarh is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gulgarh as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Gulgarh from other places

Gulgarh lies about 40 km from Amritsar, and the nearest railway station is Hardorawal, about 23 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 Gulgarh
Tehsil headquarters	Ajnala	13 km
Nearest town	Ajnāla	13 km
Nearest railway station	Hardorawal	23 km
District headquarters	Amritsar	40 km

Villages closest to Gulgarh

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 Gulgarh

As per the Census of India 2011, Gulgarh village had a population of 278. That makes it the 272nd largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,276 residents.

Gulgarh village has 135 males and 143 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gulgarh has about 1059 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 912.

The pincode recorded for Gulgarh is 143118. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gulgarh covers 219 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gulgarh falls under Ajnala tehsil of Amritsar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Gulgarh is Hardorawal, about 23 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Gulgarh.

Gulgarh is about 40 km from Amritsar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gulgarh is in Ajnala tehsil of Amritsar district. Ajnala is about 13 km away. Ajnāla is about 13 km away. Hardorawal is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.