About Gajewas Village

Gajewas is a large village in Samana tehsil, in the district of Patiala, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,709, made up of 1,958 males and 1,751 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 894 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1036 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 147101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gajewas Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gajewas village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Patiala
Tehsil	Samana
Pincode	147101
Area (hectares)	1036 hectares
Population	3,709
Male Population	1,958
Female Population	1,751
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	894
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Gajewas compares

By the 2011 count Gajewas is the 6th largest of the 73 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,642 residents. Its 1036 hectares work out to about 3.6 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 889.

Getting to Gajewas

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

How far is Gajewas from other places

Gajewas lies about 31 km from Patiala, and the nearest railway station is Kalhemajra, about 18 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 Gajewas
Tehsil headquarters	Samana	10 km
Nearest town	Bhawānīgarh	10 km
Nearest railway station	Kalhemajra	18 km
District headquarters	Patiala	31 km

Villages closest to Gajewas

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gajewas village had a population of 3,709. That makes it the 6th largest of the 73 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,642 residents.

Gajewas village has 1,958 males and 1,751 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gajewas has about 894 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 889.

The pincode recorded for Gajewas is 147101. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gajewas covers 1036 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gajewas falls under Samana tehsil of Patiala district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Gajewas is Kalhemajra, about 18 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Gajewas.

Gajewas is about 31 km from Patiala in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gajewas is in Samana tehsil of Patiala district. Samana is about 10 km away. Bhawānīgarh is about 10 km away. Kalhemajra is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.