About Gandhowal Village

Gandhowal is a small village in Garhshankar tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 276, made up of 152 males and 124 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 816 females per 1000 males. The village covers 102 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 146109, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gandhowal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gandhowal village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Hoshiarpur
Tehsil	Garhshankar
Pincode	146109
Area (hectares)	102 hectares
Population	276
Male Population	152
Female Population	124
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	816
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 Gandhowal compares

By the 2011 count Gandhowal is the 253rd 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 102 hectares work out to about 2.7 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 961.

Getting to Gandhowal

Gandhowal is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Gandhowal 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 Gandhowal from other places

Gandhowal lies about 28 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Mahngarwal Doaba, about 1.7 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 Gandhowal
Nearest railway station	Mahngarwal Doaba	1.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Garhshankar	14 km
Nearest town	Banga	17 km
District headquarters	Hoshiarpur	28 km

Villages closest to Gandhowal

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 Gandhowal

As per the Census of India 2011, Gandhowal village had a population of 276. That makes it the 253rd largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,022 residents.

Gandhowal village has 152 males and 124 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gandhowal has about 816 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 Gandhowal is 146109. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gandhowal covers 102 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gandhowal falls under Garhshankar tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Gandhowal is Mahngarwal Doaba, about 1.7 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 Gandhowal.

Gandhowal is about 28 km from Hoshiarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gandhowal is in Garhshankar tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Mahngarwal Doaba is about 1.7 km away. Garhshankar is about 14 km away. Banga is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.