About Gill Village

Gill is a mid sized village in Amritsar I tehsil, in the district of Amritsar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 724, made up of 385 males and 339 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 881 females per 1000 males. The village covers 143 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 143016, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gill Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gill village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Amritsar
Tehsil	Amritsar I
Pincode	143016
Area (hectares)	143 hectares
Population	724
Male Population	385
Female Population	339
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	881
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gill compares

By the 2011 count Gill is the 110th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,827 residents. Its 143 hectares work out to about 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 910.

Getting to Gill

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

Gill lies about 9.3 km from Amritsar, and the nearest railway station is Verka Junction, about 5.0 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 Gill
Nearest town	Nangli	2.3 km
Nearest railway station	Verka Junction	5.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Amritsar I	9.3 km
District headquarters	Amritsar	9.3 km

Villages closest to Gill

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Amritsar I 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 Gill

As per the Census of India 2011, Gill village had a population of 724. That makes it the 110th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,827 residents.

Gill village has 385 males and 339 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gill has about 881 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 910.

The pincode recorded for Gill is 143016. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gill covers 143 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gill falls under Amritsar I tehsil of Amritsar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Gill is Verka Junction, about 5.0 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 Gill.

Gill is about 9.3 km from Amritsar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gill is in Amritsar I tehsil of Amritsar district. Nangli is about 2.3 km away. Verka Junction is about 5.0 km away. Amritsar I is about 9.3 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.