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About Talwandi Goraya Village

Talwandi Goraya is a mid sized village in Dera Baba Nanak tehsil, in the district of Gurdaspur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,179, made up of 629 males and 550 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 874 females per 1000 males. The village covers 207 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 143511, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Talwandi Goraya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Talwandi Goraya village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Gurdaspur
Tehsil Dera Baba Nanak
Pincode 143511
Area (hectares) 207 hectares
Population 1,179
Male Population 629
Female Population 550
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 874
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Talwandi Goraya compares

By the 2011 count Talwandi Goraya is the 32nd largest of the 117 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 962 residents. Its 207 hectares work out to about 5.7 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 899.

Getting to Talwandi Goraya

The census records public bus service for Talwandi Goraya as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Talwandi Goraya from other places

Talwandi Goraya lies about 10 km from Gurdaspur. 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 Talwandi Goraya
District headquarters Gurdaspur 10 km
Tehsil headquarters Dera Baba Nanak 30 km

Villages closest to Talwandi Goraya

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dera Baba Nanak 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 Talwandi Goraya

As per the Census of India 2011, Talwandi Goraya village had a population of 1,179. That makes it the 32nd largest of the 117 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 962 residents.

Talwandi Goraya village has 629 males and 550 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Talwandi Goraya has about 874 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 899.

The pincode recorded for Talwandi Goraya is 143511. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Talwandi Goraya covers 207 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Talwandi Goraya falls under Dera Baba Nanak tehsil of Gurdaspur district in Punjab.

The census record for Talwandi Goraya notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Talwandi Goraya.

Talwandi Goraya is about 10 km from Gurdaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Talwandi Goraya is in Dera Baba Nanak tehsil of Gurdaspur district. Gurdaspur is about 10 km away. Dera Baba Nanak is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Talwandi Hinduan (under 2 km), Behlolpur (2.5 km) and Khaira Sultan (3.7 km).

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

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