About Ghanga Kalan Village

Ghanga Kalan is a mid sized village in Jalalabad tehsil, in the district of Firozpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,933, made up of 1,047 males and 886 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 846 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1252.28 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 152024, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ghanga Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghanga Kalan village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Firozpur
Tehsil	Jalalabad
Pincode	152024
Area (hectares)	1252.28 hectares
Population	1,933
Male Population	1,047
Female Population	886
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	846
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ghanga Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Ghanga Kalan is the 42nd largest of the 205 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,456 residents. Its 1252.28 hectares work out to about 1.5 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 919.

Getting to Ghanga Kalan

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

Ghanga Kalan lies about 47 km from Firozpur, and the nearest railway station is Jalalabad, about 7.7 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 Ghanga Kalan
Nearest railway station	Jalalabad	7.7 km
Nearest town	Jalālābād	8.6 km
District headquarters	Firozpur	47 km

Villages closest to Ghanga Kalan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Jalalabad 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 Ghanga Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghanga Kalan village had a population of 1,933. That makes it the 42nd largest of the 205 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,456 residents.

Ghanga Kalan village has 1,047 males and 886 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghanga Kalan has about 846 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 919.

The pincode recorded for Ghanga Kalan is 152024. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ghanga Kalan covers 1252.28 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Ghanga Kalan falls under Jalalabad tehsil of Firozpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Ghanga Kalan is Jalalabad, about 7.7 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 Ghanga Kalan.

Ghanga Kalan is about 47 km from Firozpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ghanga Kalan is in Jalalabad tehsil of Firozpur district. Jalalabad is about 7.7 km away. Jalālābād is about 8.6 km away. Firozpur is about 47 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.