About Gill Village

Gill is a mid sized village in Nakodar tehsil, in the district of Jalandhar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,411, made up of 719 males and 692 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 962 females per 1000 males. The village covers 355 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144630, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gill Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gill village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Jalandhar
Tehsil	Nakodar
Pincode	144630
Area (hectares)	355 hectares
Population	1,411
Male Population	719
Female Population	692
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	962
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gill compares

By the 2011 count Gill is the 46th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,176 residents. Its 355 hectares work out to about 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 950.

Getting to Gill

Gill is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gill 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gill from other places

Gill lies about 26 km from Jalandhar, and the nearest railway station is Gahandran, about 6.5 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 Gill
Nearest railway station	Gahandran	6.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nakodar	9.7 km
District headquarters	Jalandhar	26 km

Villages closest to Gill

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gill village had a population of 1,411. That makes it the 46th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,176 residents.

Gill village has 719 males and 692 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gill has about 962 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 950.

The pincode recorded for Gill is 144630. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gill covers 355 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gill falls under Nakodar tehsil of Jalandhar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Gill is Gahandran, about 6.5 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 village for Gill.

Gill is about 26 km from Jalandhar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gill is in Nakodar tehsil of Jalandhar district. Gahandran is about 6.5 km away. Nakodar is about 9.7 km away. Jalandhar is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.