About Gajjar Village

Gajjar is a mid sized village in Garhshankar tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,059, made up of 550 males and 509 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 925 females per 1000 males. The village covers 806 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144530, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gajjar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gajjar village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Hoshiarpur
Tehsil	Garhshankar
Pincode	144530
Area (hectares)	806 hectares
Population	1,059
Male Population	550
Female Population	509
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	925
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gajjar compares

By the 2011 count Gajjar is the 107th largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,022 residents. Its 806 hectares work out to about 1.3 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 961.

Getting to Gajjar

Gajjar is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Gajjar as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Dugri, Fatehpur, Fatehpur Kalan and Fatehpur Khurd. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Gajjar

As per the Census of India 2011, Gajjar village had a population of 1,059. That makes it the 107th largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,022 residents.

Gajjar village has 550 males and 509 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gajjar has about 925 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 961.

The pincode recorded for Gajjar is 144530. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gajjar covers 806 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gajjar falls under Garhshankar tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The census record for Gajjar notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Gajjar.

Gajjar is in Garhshankar tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.