About Goslan Village

Goslan is a mid sized village in Samrala tehsil, in the district of Ludhiana, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,992, made up of 1,057 males and 935 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 885 females per 1000 males. The village covers 405 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 141411, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Goslan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Goslan village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Ludhiana
Tehsil	Samrala
Pincode	141411
Area (hectares)	405 hectares
Population	1,992
Male Population	1,057
Female Population	935
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	885
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Goslan compares

By the 2011 count Goslan is the 18th largest of the 190 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 914 residents. Its 405 hectares work out to about 4.9 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 908.

Getting to Goslan

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

How far is Goslan from other places

Goslan lies about 44 km from Ludhiana, and the nearest railway station is Khamanon, 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 Goslan
Nearest railway station	Khamanon	6.0 km
Nearest town	Khanna	9.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Samrala	11 km
District headquarters	Ludhiana	44 km

Villages closest to Goslan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Goslan village had a population of 1,992. That makes it the 18th largest of the 190 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 914 residents.

Goslan village has 1,057 males and 935 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Goslan has about 885 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 908.

The pincode recorded for Goslan is 141411. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Goslan covers 405 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Goslan falls under Samrala tehsil of Ludhiana district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Goslan is Khamanon, about 6.0 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 village for Goslan.

Goslan is about 44 km from Ludhiana in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Goslan is in Samrala tehsil of Ludhiana district. Khamanon is about 6.0 km away. Khanna is about 9.0 km away. Samrala is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.