About Ghas Village

Ghas is a mid sized village in Batala tehsil, in the district of Gurdaspur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 932, made up of 498 males and 434 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 871 females per 1000 males. The village covers 168 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 143505, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ghas Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghas village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Gurdaspur
Tehsil	Batala
Pincode	143505
Area (hectares)	168 hectares
Population	932
Male Population	498
Female Population	434
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	871
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ghas compares

By the 2011 count Ghas is the 204th largest of the 351 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,329 residents. Its 168 hectares work out to about 5.5 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 Ghas

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

Ghas lies about 34 km from Gurdaspur, and the nearest railway station is Vadala Granthin, about 9.3 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 Ghas
Nearest railway station	Vadala Granthin	9.3 km
Nearest town	Qadian	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Batala	12 km
District headquarters	Gurdaspur	34 km

Villages closest to Ghas

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Batala 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 Ghas

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghas village had a population of 932. That makes it the 204th largest of the 351 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,329 residents.

Ghas village has 498 males and 434 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghas has about 871 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 Ghas is 143505. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ghas covers 168 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ghas falls under Batala tehsil of Gurdaspur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Ghas is Vadala Granthin, about 9.3 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 Ghas.

Ghas is about 34 km from Gurdaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ghas is in Batala tehsil of Gurdaspur district. Vadala Granthin is about 9.3 km away. Qadian is about 11 km away. Batala is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.