About Gehlan Village

Gehlan is a mid sized village in Shahkot tehsil, in the district of Jalandhar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 931, made up of 494 males and 437 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 885 females per 1000 males. The village covers 199.59 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144041, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gehlan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gehlan village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Jalandhar
Tehsil	Shahkot
Pincode	144041
Area (hectares)	199.59 hectares
Population	931
Male Population	494
Female Population	437
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	885
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gehlan compares

By the 2011 count Gehlan is the 56th largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 806 residents. Its 199.59 hectares work out to about 4.7 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 956.

Getting to Gehlan

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

Gehlan lies about 39 km from Jalandhar, and the nearest railway station is Malsian Shahkot, about 10 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 Gehlan
Tehsil headquarters	Shahkot	8.1 km
Nearest railway station	Malsian Shahkot	10 km
Nearest town	Nakodar	15 km
District headquarters	Jalandhar	39 km

Villages closest to Gehlan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gehlan village had a population of 931. That makes it the 56th largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 806 residents.

Gehlan village has 494 males and 437 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gehlan has about 885 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 956.

The pincode recorded for Gehlan is 144041. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gehlan covers 199.59 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gehlan falls under Shahkot tehsil of Jalandhar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Gehlan is Malsian Shahkot, about 10 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Gehlan.

Gehlan is about 39 km from Jalandhar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gehlan is in Shahkot tehsil of Jalandhar district. Shahkot is about 8.1 km away. Malsian Shahkot is about 10 km away. Nakodar is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.