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About Turehti Village

Turehti is a mid sized village in Pathankot tehsil, in the district of Gurdaspur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,540, made up of 817 males and 723 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 885 females per 1000 males. The village covers 338 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 145001, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Turehti Overview

Census 2011 figures for Turehti village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Gurdaspur
Tehsil Pathankot
Pincode 145001
Area (hectares) 338 hectares
Population 1,540
Male Population 817
Female Population 723
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 885
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Turehti compares

By the 2011 count Turehti is the 64th largest of the 328 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 992 residents. Its 338 hectares work out to about 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 934.

Getting to Turehti

Turehti is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Turehti 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Turehti from other places

Turehti lies about 19 km from Gurdaspur, and the nearest railway station is Dina Nagar, about 14 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 Turehti
Nearest railway station Dina Nagar 14 km
Nearest town Dīnānagar 14 km
District headquarters Gurdaspur 19 km
Tehsil headquarters Pathankot 31 km

Villages closest to Turehti

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 Turehti

As per the Census of India 2011, Turehti village had a population of 1,540. That makes it the 64th largest of the 328 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 992 residents.

Turehti village has 817 males and 723 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Turehti has about 885 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 934.

The pincode recorded for Turehti is 145001. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Turehti covers 338 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Turehti falls under Pathankot tehsil of Gurdaspur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Turehti is Dina Nagar, about 14 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Turehti.

Turehti is about 19 km from Gurdaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Turehti is in Pathankot tehsil of Gurdaspur district. Dina Nagar is about 14 km away. Dīnānagar is about 14 km away. Gurdaspur is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Lassian (under 2 km), Rajpur Jattan (2.3 km) and Bharmal Jattan (3.2 km).

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

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