About Ghawaddi Village

Ghawaddi is a large village in Ludhiana East tehsil, in the district of Ludhiana, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,359, made up of 1,777 males and 1,582 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 890 females per 1000 males. The village covers 585 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 141206, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ghawaddi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghawaddi village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Ludhiana
Tehsil	Ludhiana East
Pincode	141206
Area (hectares)	585 hectares
Population	3,359
Male Population	1,777
Female Population	1,582
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	890
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ghawaddi compares

By the 2011 count Ghawaddi is the 13th largest of the 180 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,543 residents. Its 585 hectares work out to about 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 893.

Getting to Ghawaddi

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

Ghawaddi lies about 15 km from Ludhiana, and the nearest railway station is Jassowal, about 6.0 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 Ghawaddi
Nearest railway station	Jassowal	6.0 km
Nearest town	Gil	7.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ludhiana East	15 km
District headquarters	Ludhiana	15 km

Villages closest to Ghawaddi

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.

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Common questions about Ghawaddi

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghawaddi village had a population of 3,359. That makes it the 13th largest of the 180 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,543 residents.

Ghawaddi village has 1,777 males and 1,582 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghawaddi has about 890 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 893.

The pincode recorded for Ghawaddi is 141206. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ghawaddi covers 585 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Ghawaddi is Jassowal, about 6.0 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Ghawaddi.

Ghawaddi is about 15 km from Ludhiana in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ghawaddi is in Ludhiana East tehsil of Ludhiana district. Jassowal is about 6.0 km away. Gil is about 7.8 km away. Ludhiana East is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.