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About Gilzian Village

Gilzian is a mid sized village in Dasua tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,074, made up of 488 males and 586 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,201 females per 1000 males. The village covers 331 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144204, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gilzian Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gilzian village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Hoshiarpur
Tehsil Dasua
Pincode 144204
Area (hectares) 331 hectares
Population 1,074
Male Population 488
Female Population 586
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,201
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Gilzian compares

By the 2011 count Gilzian is the 86th largest of the 361 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 823 residents. Its 331 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 984.

Getting to Gilzian

Gilzian 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 Gilzian as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Gilzian from other places

Gilzian lies about 37 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Khuda Kurala, about 6.3 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 Gilzian
Nearest railway station Khuda Kurala 6.3 km
Nearest town Urmar 6.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Dasua 12 km
District headquarters Hoshiarpur 37 km

Villages closest to Gilzian

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.

Common questions about Gilzian

As per the Census of India 2011, Gilzian village had a population of 1,074. That makes it the 86th largest of the 361 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 823 residents.

Gilzian village has 488 males and 586 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gilzian has about 1201 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 984.

The pincode recorded for Gilzian is 144204. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gilzian covers 331 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gilzian falls under Dasua tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Gilzian is Khuda Kurala, about 6.3 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Gilzian.

Gilzian is about 37 km from Hoshiarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gilzian is in Dasua tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Khuda Kurala is about 6.3 km away. Urmar is about 6.7 km away. Dasua is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kamalpur (under 2 km), Ibrahimpur (under 2 km) and Kaluwal Kotla (under 2 km).

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

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