About Gandhon Khurd Village

Gandhon Khurd is a small village in Rupnagar tehsil, in the district of Rupnagar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 187, made up of 102 males and 85 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 833 females per 1000 males. The village covers 59 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 140111, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gandhon Khurd Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gandhon Khurd village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Rupnagar
Tehsil	Rupnagar
Pincode	140111
Area (hectares)	59 hectares
Population	187
Male Population	102
Female Population	85
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	833
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Gandhon Khurd compares

By the 2011 count Gandhon Khurd is the 135th largest of the 157 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 651 residents. Its 59 hectares work out to about 3.2 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 892.

Getting to Gandhon Khurd

Gandhon Khurd is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Gandhon Khurd 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gandhon Khurd from other places

Gandhon Khurd lies about 26 km from Rupnagar, 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 Gandhon Khurd
Nearest railway station	Noganwan	2.8 km
Nearest town	Basi	7.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Rupnagar	26 km

Villages closest to Gandhon Khurd

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Rupnagar 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 Gandhon Khurd

As per the Census of India 2011, Gandhon Khurd village had a population of 187. That makes it the 135th largest of the 157 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 651 residents.

Gandhon Khurd village has 102 males and 85 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gandhon Khurd has about 833 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 892.

The pincode recorded for Gandhon Khurd is 140111. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gandhon Khurd covers 59 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gandhon Khurd falls under Rupnagar tehsil of Rupnagar district in Punjab.

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

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Gandhon Khurd.

Gandhon Khurd is about 26 km from Rupnagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gandhon Khurd is in Rupnagar tehsil of Rupnagar district. Noganwan is about 2.8 km away. Basi is about 7.2 km away. Rupnagar is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.