About Ghaian Village

Ghaian is a small village in Dasua tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 260, made up of 139 males and 121 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 871 females per 1000 males. The village covers 79 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144205, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ghaian Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghaian village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Hoshiarpur
Tehsil	Dasua
Pincode	144205
Area (hectares)	79 hectares
Population	260
Male Population	139
Female Population	121
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	871
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Ghaian compares

By the 2011 count Ghaian is the 300th largest of the 361 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 823 residents. Its 79 hectares work out to about 3.3 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 984.

Getting to Ghaian

Ghaian is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Ghaian as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Ghaian from other places

Ghaian lies about 56 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Mukerian, about 3.9 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 Ghaian
Nearest railway station	Mukerian	3.9 km
Nearest town	Mukeriān	4.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dasua	16 km
District headquarters	Hoshiarpur	56 km

Villages closest to Ghaian

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghaian village had a population of 260. That makes it the 300th largest of the 361 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 823 residents.

Ghaian village has 139 males and 121 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghaian has about 871 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 984.

The pincode recorded for Ghaian is 144205. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ghaian covers 79 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ghaian falls under Dasua tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Ghaian is Mukerian, about 3.9 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Ghaian.

Ghaian is about 56 km from Hoshiarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ghaian is in Dasua tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Mukerian is about 3.9 km away. Mukeriān is about 4.3 km away. Dasua is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.