About Gharuan Village

Gharuan is one of the larger villages in Kharar tehsil, in the district of Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 6,302, made up of 3,324 males and 2,978 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 896 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1429 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 140413, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gharuan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gharuan village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar
Tehsil	Kharar
Pincode	140413
Area (hectares)	1429 hectares
Population	6,302
Male Population	3,324
Female Population	2,978
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	896
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Gharuan compares

By the 2011 count Gharuan is the largest village in the tehsil by population, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 923 residents. Its 1429 hectares work out to about 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 875.

Getting to Gharuan

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

Gharuan lies about 19 km from Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar, and the nearest railway station is Morinda Junction, about 5.7 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 Gharuan
Nearest railway station	Morinda Junction	5.7 km
Nearest town	Morinda	6.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kharar	9.0 km
District headquarters	Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar	19 km

Villages closest to Gharuan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gharuan village had a population of 6,302. That makes it the largest village in the tehsil by population, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 923 residents.

Gharuan village has 3,324 males and 2,978 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gharuan has about 896 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 875.

The pincode recorded for Gharuan is 140413. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gharuan covers 1429 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gharuan falls under Kharar tehsil of Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Gharuan is Morinda Junction, about 5.7 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 Gharuan.

Gharuan is about 19 km from Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gharuan is in Kharar tehsil of Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar district. Morinda Junction is about 5.7 km away. Morinda is about 6.0 km away. Kharar is about 9.0 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.