About Gandhwan Village

Gandhwan is a small village in Khanna tehsil, in the district of Ludhiana, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 495, made up of 263 males and 232 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 882 females per 1000 males. The village covers 178 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 141401, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gandhwan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gandhwan village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Ludhiana
Tehsil	Khanna
Pincode	141401
Area (hectares)	178 hectares
Population	495
Male Population	263
Female Population	232
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	882
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Gandhwan compares

By the 2011 count Gandhwan is the 60th largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,405 residents. Its 178 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 900.

Getting to Gandhwan

Gandhwan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Gandhwan as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Gandhwan from other places

Gandhwan lies about 36 km from Ludhiana, and the nearest railway station is Chawapail, about 4.5 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 Gandhwan
Nearest railway station	Chawapail	4.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Khanna	6.5 km
District headquarters	Ludhiana	36 km

Villages closest to Gandhwan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gandhwan village had a population of 495. That makes it the 60th largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,405 residents.

Gandhwan village has 263 males and 232 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gandhwan has about 882 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 900.

The pincode recorded for Gandhwan is 141401. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gandhwan covers 178 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gandhwan falls under Khanna tehsil of Ludhiana district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Gandhwan is Chawapail, about 4.5 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 5 - 10 km distance for Gandhwan.

Gandhwan is about 36 km from Ludhiana in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gandhwan is in Khanna tehsil of Ludhiana district. Chawapail is about 4.5 km away. Khanna is about 6.5 km away. Ludhiana is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.