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About Gill Village

Gill is a small village in Sultanpur Lodhi tehsil, in the district of Kapurthala, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 495, made up of 244 males and 251 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,029 females per 1000 males. The village covers 477.61 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144626, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gill Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gill village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Kapurthala
Tehsil Sultanpur Lodhi
Pincode 144626
Area (hectares) 477.61 hectares
Population 495
Male Population 244
Female Population 251
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,029
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Gill compares

By the 2011 count Gill is the 78th largest of the 175 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 600 residents. Its 477.61 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 923.

Getting to Gill

The census records public bus service for Gill as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 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 25 km from Kapurthala, and the nearest railway station is Sultanpur Lodi, about 2.5 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 Sultanpur Lodi 2.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Sultanpur Lodhi 3.2 km
District headquarters Kapurthala 25 km
Nearest town Kapurthala Town 25 km

Villages closest to Gill

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sultanpur Lodhi 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.

Common questions about Gill

As per the Census of India 2011, Gill village had a population of 495. That makes it the 78th largest of the 175 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 600 residents.

Gill village has 244 males and 251 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gill has about 1029 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 923.

The pincode recorded for Gill is 144626. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gill covers 477.61 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gill falls under Sultanpur Lodhi tehsil of Kapurthala district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Gill is Sultanpur Lodi, about 2.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Gill.

Gill is about 25 km from Kapurthala in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gill is in Sultanpur Lodhi tehsil of Kapurthala district. Sultanpur Lodi is about 2.5 km away. Sultanpur Lodhi is about 3.2 km away. Kapurthala is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Karamjitpur (1.9 km), Paramjitpur (1.9 km) and Amarjitpur (2.1 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Gill today is likely to be higher.

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