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About Gehlewal Village

Gehlewal is a small village in Ludhiana East tehsil, in the district of Ludhiana, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 418, made up of 213 males and 205 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 962 females per 1000 males. The village covers 96 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 141115, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gehlewal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gehlewal village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Ludhiana
Tehsil Ludhiana East
Pincode 141115
Area (hectares) 96 hectares
Population 418
Male Population 213
Female Population 205
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 962
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Gehlewal compares

By the 2011 count Gehlewal is the 150th largest of the 180 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,543 residents. Its 96 hectares work out to about 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 893.

Getting to Gehlewal

Gehlewal is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Gehlewal 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gehlewal from other places

Gehlewal lies about 4.5 km from Ludhiana, and the nearest railway station is Ludhiana Junction, about 4.7 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 Gehlewal
Tehsil headquarters Ludhiana East 4.5 km
District headquarters Ludhiana 4.5 km
Nearest railway station Ludhiana Junction 4.7 km

Villages closest to Gehlewal

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Ludhiana East 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 Gehlewal

As per the Census of India 2011, Gehlewal village had a population of 418. That makes it the 150th largest of the 180 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,543 residents.

Gehlewal village has 213 males and 205 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gehlewal has about 962 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 893.

The pincode recorded for Gehlewal is 141115. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gehlewal covers 96 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gehlewal falls under Ludhiana East tehsil of Ludhiana district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Gehlewal is Ludhiana Junction, about 4.7 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 5 - 10 km distance for Gehlewal.

Gehlewal is about 4.5 km from Ludhiana in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gehlewal is in Ludhiana East tehsil of Ludhiana district. Ludhiana East is about 4.5 km away. Ludhiana is about 4.5 km away. Ludhiana Junction is about 4.7 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kakowal (under 2 km), Bajra (1.8 km) and Meharban (2.0 km).

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

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