About Gill Village

Gill is a large village in Bagha Purana tehsil, in the district of Moga, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,370, made up of 1,241 males and 1,129 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 910 females per 1000 males. The village covers 774 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 142038, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gill Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gill village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Moga
Tehsil	Bagha Purana
Pincode	142038
Area (hectares)	774 hectares
Population	2,370
Male Population	1,241
Female Population	1,129
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	910
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gill compares

By the 2011 count Gill is the 37th largest of the 56 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 3,579 residents. Its 774 hectares work out to about 3.1 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 892.

Getting to Gill

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

Gill lies about 12 km from Moga, and the nearest railway station is Ghalkalan, about 11 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 Gill
Tehsil headquarters	Bagha Purana	3.6 km
Nearest railway station	Ghalkalan	11 km
District headquarters	Moga	12 km

Villages closest to Gill

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bagha Purana 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 Gill

As per the Census of India 2011, Gill village had a population of 2,370. That makes it the 37th largest of the 56 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,579 residents.

Gill village has 1,241 males and 1,129 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gill has about 910 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 892.

The pincode recorded for Gill is 142038. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gill covers 774 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gill falls under Bagha Purana tehsil of Moga district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Gill is Ghalkalan, about 11 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Gill.

Gill is about 12 km from Moga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gill is in Bagha Purana tehsil of Moga district. Bagha Purana is about 3.6 km away. Ghalkalan is about 11 km away. Moga is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.