About Gidri Village

Gidri is a mid sized village in Payal tehsil, in the district of Ludhiana, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,394, made up of 766 males and 628 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 820 females per 1000 males. The village covers 314 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 141421, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gidri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gidri village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Ludhiana
Tehsil	Payal
Pincode	141421
Area (hectares)	314 hectares
Population	1,394
Male Population	766
Female Population	628
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	820
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Gidri compares

By the 2011 count Gidri is the 47th largest of the 105 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,644 residents. Its 314 hectares work out to about 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 912.

Getting to Gidri

Gidri is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gidri 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gidri from other places

Gidri lies about 19 km from Ludhiana, and the nearest railway station is Sanehwal, about 7.9 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 Gidri
Nearest town	Dorāha	7.3 km
Nearest railway station	Sanehwal	7.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Payal	11 km
District headquarters	Ludhiana	19 km

Villages closest to Gidri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gidri village had a population of 1,394. That makes it the 47th largest of the 105 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,644 residents.

Gidri village has 766 males and 628 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gidri has about 820 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 912.

The pincode recorded for Gidri is 141421. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gidri covers 314 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gidri falls under Payal tehsil of Ludhiana district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Gidri is Sanehwal, about 7.9 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Gidri.

Gidri is about 19 km from Ludhiana in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gidri is in Payal tehsil of Ludhiana district. Dorāha is about 7.3 km away. Sanehwal is about 7.9 km away. Payal is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.