About Giljewala Village

Giljewala is a large village in Gidderbaha tehsil, in the district of Muktsar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,753, made up of 1,451 males and 1,302 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 897 females per 1000 males. The village covers 806 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 152032, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Giljewala Overview

Census 2011 figures for Giljewala village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Muktsar
Tehsil	Gidderbaha
Pincode	152032
Area (hectares)	806 hectares
Population	2,753
Male Population	1,451
Female Population	1,302
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	897
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Giljewala compares

By the 2011 count Giljewala is the 27th largest of the 47 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 3,778 residents. Its 806 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 899.

Getting to Giljewala

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

Giljewala lies about 16 km from Muktsar. 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 Giljewala
Tehsil headquarters	Gidderbaha	16 km
District headquarters	Muktsar	16 km

Villages closest to Giljewala

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Giljewala village had a population of 2,753. That makes it the 27th largest of the 47 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,778 residents.

Giljewala village has 1,451 males and 1,302 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Giljewala has about 897 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 899.

The pincode recorded for Giljewala is 152032. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Giljewala covers 806 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Giljewala falls under Gidderbaha tehsil of Muktsar district in Punjab.

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

Giljewala is about 16 km from Muktsar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Giljewala is in Gidderbaha tehsil of Muktsar district. Gidderbaha is about 16 km away. Muktsar is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.