About Gandu Kalan Village

Gandu Kalan is a mid sized village in Budhlada tehsil, in the district of Mansa, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 997, made up of 519 males and 478 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 921 females per 1000 males. The village covers 457 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 151503, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gandu Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gandu Kalan village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Mansa
Tehsil	Budhlada
Pincode	151503
Area (hectares)	457 hectares
Population	997
Male Population	519
Female Population	478
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	921
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gandu Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Gandu Kalan is the 74th largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,484 residents. Its 457 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 883.

Getting to Gandu Kalan

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

How far is Gandu Kalan from other places

Gandu Kalan lies about 26 km from Mansa, and the nearest railway station is Datewas, about 14 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 Gandu Kalan
Nearest town	Ratia	11 km
Nearest railway station	Datewas	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Budhlada	16 km
District headquarters	Mansa	26 km

Villages closest to Gandu Kalan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Budhlada 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 Gandu Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Gandu Kalan village had a population of 997. That makes it the 74th largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,484 residents.

Gandu Kalan village has 519 males and 478 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gandu Kalan has about 921 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 883.

The pincode recorded for Gandu Kalan is 151503. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gandu Kalan covers 457 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gandu Kalan falls under Budhlada tehsil of Mansa district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Gandu Kalan is Datewas, about 14 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 village for Gandu Kalan.

Gandu Kalan is about 26 km from Mansa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gandu Kalan is in Budhlada tehsil of Mansa district. Ratia is about 11 km away. Datewas is about 14 km away. Budhlada is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.