About Gandan Village

Gandan is a small village in Rajpura tehsil, in the district of Patiala, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 456, made up of 240 males and 216 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 900 females per 1000 males. The village covers 126 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 140401, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gandan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gandan village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Patiala
Tehsil	Rajpura
Pincode	140401
Area (hectares)	126 hectares
Population	456
Male Population	240
Female Population	216
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	900
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Gandan compares

By the 2011 count Gandan is the 188th largest of the 236 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,174 residents. Its 126 hectares work out to about 3.6 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 880.

Getting to Gandan

Gandan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gandan 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gandan from other places

Gandan lies about 46 km from Patiala, and the nearest railway station is Noganwan, about 2.8 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 Gandan
Nearest railway station	Noganwan	2.8 km
Nearest town	Basi	7.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Rajpura	35 km
District headquarters	Patiala	46 km

Villages closest to Gandan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gandan village had a population of 456. That makes it the 188th largest of the 236 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,174 residents.

Gandan village has 240 males and 216 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gandan has about 900 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 880.

The pincode recorded for Gandan is 140401. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gandan covers 126 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gandan falls under Rajpura tehsil of Patiala district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Gandan is Noganwan, about 2.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Gandan.

Gandan is about 46 km from Patiala in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gandan is in Rajpura tehsil of Patiala district. Noganwan is about 2.8 km away. Basi is about 7.2 km away. Rajpura is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.