About Gagar Village

Gagar is a mid sized village in Mukerian tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 548, made up of 281 males and 267 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 950 females per 1000 males. The village covers 110 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144214, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gagar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gagar village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Hoshiarpur
Tehsil	Mukerian
Pincode	144214
Area (hectares)	110 hectares
Population	548
Male Population	281
Female Population	267
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	950
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Gagar compares

By the 2011 count Gagar is the 187th largest of the 295 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 908 residents. Its 110 hectares work out to about 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 995.

Getting to Gagar

Gagar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gagar as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Gagar from other places

Gagar lies about 48 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Ghaunspur, about 14 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 Gagar
Nearest town	Talwāra	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Mukerian	13 km
Nearest railway station	Ghaunspur	14 km
District headquarters	Hoshiarpur	48 km

Villages closest to Gagar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gagar village had a population of 548. That makes it the 187th largest of the 295 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 908 residents.

Gagar village has 281 males and 267 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gagar has about 950 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 995.

The pincode recorded for Gagar is 144214. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gagar covers 110 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gagar falls under Mukerian tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Gagar is Ghaunspur, about 14 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 village for Gagar.

Gagar is about 48 km from Hoshiarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gagar is in Mukerian tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Talwāra is about 12 km away. Mukerian is about 13 km away. Ghaunspur is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.