About Ghug Village

Ghug is a mid sized village in Jalandhar II tehsil, in the district of Jalandhar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 638, made up of 336 males and 302 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 899 females per 1000 males. The village covers 126.8 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144622, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ghug Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghug village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Jalandhar
Tehsil	Jalandhar II
Pincode	144622
Area (hectares)	126.8 hectares
Population	638
Male Population	336
Female Population	302
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	899
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 Ghug compares

By the 2011 count Ghug is the 142nd largest of the 233 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 999 residents. Its 126.8 hectares work out to about 5.0 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 945.

Getting to Ghug

Ghug is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Ghug 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 Ghug from other places

Ghug lies about 20 km from Jalandhar, and the nearest railway station is Machrowal, about 4.6 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 Ghug
Nearest railway station	Machrowal	4.6 km
Nearest town	Kartārpur	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jalandhar II	20 km
District headquarters	Jalandhar	20 km

Villages closest to Ghug

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Jalandhar II 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 Ghug

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghug village had a population of 638. That makes it the 142nd largest of the 233 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 999 residents.

Ghug village has 336 males and 302 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghug has about 899 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 945.

The pincode recorded for Ghug is 144622. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ghug covers 126.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ghug falls under Jalandhar II tehsil of Jalandhar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Ghug is Machrowal, about 4.6 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 Ghug.

Ghug is about 20 km from Jalandhar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ghug is in Jalandhar II tehsil of Jalandhar district. Machrowal is about 4.6 km away. Kartārpur is about 11 km away. Jalandhar II is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.