About Ghurama Kalan Village

Ghurama Kalan is a mid sized village in Rajpura tehsil, in the district of Patiala, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,355, made up of 743 males and 612 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 824 females per 1000 males. The village covers 269 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 147201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ghurama Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghurama Kalan village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Patiala
Tehsil	Rajpura
Pincode	147201
Area (hectares)	269 hectares
Population	1,355
Male Population	743
Female Population	612
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	824
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ghurama Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Ghurama Kalan is the 73rd largest of the 236 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,174 residents. Its 269 hectares work out to about 5.0 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 880.

Getting to Ghurama Kalan

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

Ghurama Kalan lies about 33 km from Patiala, and the nearest railway station is Shambhu, about 5.9 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 Ghurama Kalan
Nearest railway station	Shambhu	5.9 km
Nearest town	Lālru	9.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Rajpura	10 km
District headquarters	Patiala	33 km

Villages closest to Ghurama Kalan

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 Ghurama Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghurama Kalan village had a population of 1,355. That makes it the 73rd largest of the 236 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,174 residents.

Ghurama Kalan village has 743 males and 612 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghurama Kalan has about 824 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 880.

The pincode recorded for Ghurama Kalan is 147201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ghurama Kalan covers 269 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ghurama Kalan falls under Rajpura tehsil of Patiala district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Ghurama Kalan is Shambhu, about 5.9 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Ghurama Kalan.

Ghurama Kalan is about 33 km from Patiala in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ghurama Kalan is in Rajpura tehsil of Patiala district. Shambhu is about 5.9 km away. Lālru is about 9.8 km away. Rajpura is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.