About Ganguwal Village

Ganguwal is a small village in Garhshankar tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 135, made up of 72 males and 63 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 875 females per 1000 males. The village covers 165 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144222, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ganguwal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ganguwal village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Hoshiarpur
Tehsil	Garhshankar
Pincode	144222
Area (hectares)	165 hectares
Population	135
Male Population	72
Female Population	63
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	875
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ganguwal compares

By the 2011 count Ganguwal is the 273rd largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,022 residents. Its 165 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 961.

Getting to Ganguwal

Ganguwal is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Ganguwal 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Ganguwal from other places

Ganguwal lies about 25 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Jaijon Doaba, about 5.5 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 Ganguwal
Nearest railway station	Jaijon Doaba	5.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Garhshankar	20 km
District headquarters	Hoshiarpur	25 km
Nearest town	Hoshiārpur	25 km

Villages closest to Ganguwal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ganguwal village had a population of 135. That makes it the 273rd largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,022 residents.

Ganguwal village has 72 males and 63 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ganguwal has about 875 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 961.

The pincode recorded for Ganguwal is 144222. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ganguwal covers 165 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Ganguwal falls under Garhshankar tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Ganguwal is Jaijon Doaba, about 5.5 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Ganguwal.

Ganguwal is about 25 km from Hoshiarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ganguwal is in Garhshankar tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Jaijon Doaba is about 5.5 km away. Garhshankar is about 20 km away. Hoshiarpur is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.