About Ghurkni Village

Ghurkni is a mid sized village in Sardulgarh tehsil, in the district of Mansa, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,999, made up of 1,078 males and 921 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 854 females per 1000 males. The village covers 488 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 151506, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ghurkni Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghurkni village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Mansa
Tehsil	Sardulgarh
Pincode	151506
Area (hectares)	488 hectares
Population	1,999
Male Population	1,078
Female Population	921
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	854
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ghurkni compares

By the 2011 count Ghurkni is the 27th largest of the 70 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 2,214 residents. Its 488 hectares work out to about 4.1 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 895.

Getting to Ghurkni

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

Ghurkni lies about 23 km from Mansa, and the nearest railway station is Narinderpura, about 21 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 Ghurkni
Tehsil headquarters	Sardulgarh	17 km
Nearest railway station	Narinderpura	21 km
Nearest town	Ratia	22 km
District headquarters	Mansa	23 km

Villages closest to Ghurkni

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghurkni village had a population of 1,999. That makes it the 27th largest of the 70 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,214 residents.

Ghurkni village has 1,078 males and 921 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghurkni has about 854 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 895.

The pincode recorded for Ghurkni is 151506. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ghurkni covers 488 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ghurkni falls under Sardulgarh tehsil of Mansa district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Ghurkni is Narinderpura, about 21 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 Ghurkni.

Ghurkni is about 23 km from Mansa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ghurkni is in Sardulgarh tehsil of Mansa district. Sardulgarh is about 17 km away. Narinderpura is about 21 km away. Ratia is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.