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About Giddarwindi Village

Giddarwindi is a large village in Jagraon tehsil, in the district of Ludhiana, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,392, made up of 1,245 males and 1,147 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 921 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1001 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 142033, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Giddarwindi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Giddarwindi village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Ludhiana
Tehsil Jagraon
Pincode 142033
Area (hectares) 1001 hectares
Population 2,392
Male Population 1,245
Female Population 1,147
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 921
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Giddarwindi compares

By the 2011 count Giddarwindi is the 35th largest of the 139 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,986 residents. Its 1001 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 919.

Getting to Giddarwindi

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

Giddarwindi lies about 42 km from Ludhiana, and the nearest railway station is Nanaksar, 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 Giddarwindi
Nearest railway station Nanaksar 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Jagraon 17 km
District headquarters Ludhiana 42 km

Villages closest to Giddarwindi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Giddarwindi village had a population of 2,392. That makes it the 35th largest of the 139 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,986 residents.

Giddarwindi village has 1,245 males and 1,147 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Giddarwindi has about 921 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 919.

The pincode recorded for Giddarwindi is 142033. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Giddarwindi covers 1001 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Giddarwindi falls under Jagraon tehsil of Ludhiana district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Giddarwindi is Nanaksar, about 14 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 Giddarwindi.

Giddarwindi is about 42 km from Ludhiana in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Giddarwindi is in Jagraon tehsil of Ludhiana district. Nanaksar is about 14 km away. Jagraon is about 17 km away. Ludhiana is about 42 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Lodhiwala (under 2 km), Malsian Bajan (under 2 km) and Mand Tihara (1.7 km).

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

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