About Gosal Afgana Village

Gosal Afgana is a small village in Amritsar I tehsil, in the district of Amritsar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 75, made up of 43 males and 32 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 744 females per 1000 males. The village covers 111 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 143601, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gosal Afgana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gosal Afgana village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Amritsar
Tehsil	Amritsar I
Pincode	143601
Area (hectares)	111 hectares
Population	75
Male Population	43
Female Population	32
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	744
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 Gosal Afgana compares

By the 2011 count Gosal Afgana is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,827 residents. Its 111 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 910.

Getting to Gosal Afgana

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

Gosal Afgana lies about 24 km from Amritsar, and the nearest railway station is Kotla Gujran, about 6.1 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 Gosal Afgana
Nearest railway station	Kotla Gujran	6.1 km
Nearest town	Nangli	17 km
Tehsil headquarters	Amritsar I	24 km
District headquarters	Amritsar	24 km

Villages closest to Gosal Afgana

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 Gosal Afgana

As per the Census of India 2011, Gosal Afgana village had a population of 75. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,827 residents.

Gosal Afgana village has 43 males and 32 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gosal Afgana has about 744 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 910.

The pincode recorded for Gosal Afgana is 143601. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gosal Afgana covers 111 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gosal Afgana falls under Amritsar I tehsil of Amritsar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Gosal Afgana is Kotla Gujran, about 6.1 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 Gosal Afgana.

Gosal Afgana is about 24 km from Amritsar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gosal Afgana is in Amritsar I tehsil of Amritsar district. Kotla Gujran is about 6.1 km away. Nangli is about 17 km away. Amritsar I is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.