About Garhi Kanungoan Village

Garhi Kanungoan is a large village in Balachaur tehsil, in the district of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,197, made up of 1,130 males and 1,067 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 944 females per 1000 males. The village covers 316 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144521, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Garhi Kanungoan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garhi Kanungoan village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar
Tehsil	Balachaur
Pincode	144521
Area (hectares)	316 hectares
Population	2,197
Male Population	1,130
Female Population	1,067
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	944
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Garhi Kanungoan compares

By the 2011 count Garhi Kanungoan is the 10th largest of the 175 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 872 residents. Its 316 hectares work out to about 7.0 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 937.

Getting to Garhi Kanungoan

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

How far is Garhi Kanungoan from other places

Garhi Kanungoan lies about 12 km from Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar, and the nearest railway station is Rahon, about 4.2 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 Garhi Kanungoan
Nearest railway station	Rahon	4.2 km
Nearest town	Nawanshahr	11 km
District headquarters	Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Balachaur	18 km

Villages closest to Garhi Kanungoan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Balachaur 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 Garhi Kanungoan

As per the Census of India 2011, Garhi Kanungoan village had a population of 2,197. That makes it the 10th largest of the 175 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 872 residents.

Garhi Kanungoan village has 1,130 males and 1,067 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garhi Kanungoan has about 944 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 937.

The pincode recorded for Garhi Kanungoan is 144521. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Garhi Kanungoan covers 316 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.0 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Garhi Kanungoan falls under Balachaur tehsil of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Garhi Kanungoan is Rahon, about 4.2 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Garhi Kanungoan.

Garhi Kanungoan is about 12 km from Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Garhi Kanungoan is in Balachaur tehsil of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district. Rahon is about 4.2 km away. Nawanshahr is about 11 km away. Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.