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About Gharota Khurd Village

Gharota Khurd is a small village in Pathankot tehsil, in the district of Gurdaspur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 153, made up of 80 males and 73 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 912 females per 1000 males. The village covers 231 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 143533, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gharota Khurd Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gharota Khurd village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Gurdaspur
Tehsil Pathankot
Pincode 143533
Area (hectares) 231 hectares
Population 153
Male Population 80
Female Population 73
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 912
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Gharota Khurd compares

By the 2011 count Gharota Khurd is the 296th largest of the 328 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 992 residents. Its 231 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 934.

Getting to Gharota Khurd

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

Gharota Khurd lies about 21 km from Gurdaspur, and the nearest railway station is Mirthal, about 4.9 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 Gharota Khurd
Nearest railway station Mirthal 4.9 km
Nearest town Dīnānagar 10 km
Tehsil headquarters Pathankot 16 km
District headquarters Gurdaspur 21 km

Villages closest to Gharota Khurd

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Pathankot 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 Gharota Khurd

As per the Census of India 2011, Gharota Khurd village had a population of 153. That makes it the 296th largest of the 328 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 992 residents.

Gharota Khurd village has 80 males and 73 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gharota Khurd has about 912 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 934.

The pincode recorded for Gharota Khurd is 143533. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gharota Khurd covers 231 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.

Gharota Khurd falls under Pathankot tehsil of Gurdaspur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Gharota Khurd is Mirthal, about 4.9 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Gharota Khurd.

Gharota Khurd is about 21 km from Gurdaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gharota Khurd is in Pathankot tehsil of Gurdaspur district. Mirthal is about 4.9 km away. Dīnānagar is about 10 km away. Pathankot is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gharota Kalan (under 2 km), Chuhan (2.1 km) and Dhaki Nimmon (2.2 km).

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

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