About Gehlewal Village

Gehlewal is a mid sized village in Samrala tehsil, in the district of Ludhiana, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 984, made up of 517 males and 467 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 903 females per 1000 males. The village covers 244 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 141114, 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	Samrala
Pincode	141114
Area (hectares)	244 hectares
Population	984
Male Population	517
Female Population	467
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	903
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gehlewal compares

By the 2011 count Gehlewal is the 74th largest of the 190 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 914 residents. Its 244 hectares work out to about 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 908.

Getting to Gehlewal

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

Gehlewal lies about 36 km from Ludhiana. 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	Samrala	2.7 km
Nearest town	Māchhīwāra	8.3 km
District headquarters	Ludhiana	36 km

Villages closest to Gehlewal

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 Gehlewal

As per the Census of India 2011, Gehlewal village had a population of 984. That makes it the 74th largest of the 190 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 914 residents.

Gehlewal village has 517 males and 467 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gehlewal has about 903 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 908.

The pincode recorded for Gehlewal is 141114. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gehlewal covers 244 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gehlewal falls under Samrala tehsil of Ludhiana district in Punjab.

The census record for Gehlewal notes the nearest railway station 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 Gehlewal.

Gehlewal 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.

Gehlewal is in Samrala tehsil of Ludhiana district. Samrala is about 2.7 km away. Māchhīwāra is about 8.3 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.