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About Gulam Rasul Village

Gulam Rasul is a mid sized village in Fazilka tehsil, in the district of Firozpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 923, made up of 448 males and 475 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,060 females per 1000 males. The village covers 515 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 152123, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gulam Rasul Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gulam Rasul village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Firozpur
Tehsil Fazilka
Pincode 152123
Area (hectares) 515 hectares
Population 923
Male Population 448
Female Population 475
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,060
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Gulam Rasul compares

By the 2011 count Gulam Rasul is the 114th largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,384 residents. Its 515 hectares work out to about 1.8 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 913.

Getting to Gulam Rasul

Gulam Rasul is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Gulam Rasul as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Gulam Rasul from other places

Gulam Rasul lies about 56 km from Firozpur, and the nearest railway station is D.A.V. College, about 8.2 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 Gulam Rasul
Nearest railway station D.A.V. College 8.2 km
Nearest town Jalālābād 9.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Fazilka 26 km
District headquarters Firozpur 56 km

Villages closest to Gulam Rasul

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Fazilka 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 Gulam Rasul

As per the Census of India 2011, Gulam Rasul village had a population of 923. That makes it the 114th largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,384 residents.

Gulam Rasul village has 448 males and 475 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gulam Rasul has about 1060 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 913.

The pincode recorded for Gulam Rasul is 152123. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gulam Rasul covers 515 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.

Gulam Rasul falls under Fazilka tehsil of Firozpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Gulam Rasul is D.A.V. College, about 8.2 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Gulam Rasul.

Gulam Rasul is about 56 km from Firozpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gulam Rasul is in Fazilka tehsil of Firozpur district. D.A.V. College is about 8.2 km away. Jalālābād is about 9.6 km away. Fazilka 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 Roranwala (2.7 km), Halimwala (7.8 km) and Sahiwala (8.5 km).

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

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