About Golu Majra Village

Golu Majra is a mid sized village in Balachaur tehsil, in the district of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 559, made up of 295 males and 264 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 895 females per 1000 males. The village covers 313 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144522, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Golu Majra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Golu Majra village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar
Tehsil	Balachaur
Pincode	144522
Area (hectares)	313 hectares
Population	559
Male Population	295
Female Population	264
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	895
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Golu Majra compares

By the 2011 count Golu Majra is the 105th largest of the 175 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 872 residents. Its 313 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 937.

Getting to Golu Majra

Golu Majra is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Golu Majra as Available within 5 - 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 Golu Majra from other places

Golu Majra lies about 43 km from Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar, and the nearest railway station is Kiratpur Sahib, about 5.3 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 Golu Majra
Nearest railway station	Kiratpur Sahib	5.3 km
Nearest town	Ropar	23 km
Tehsil headquarters	Balachaur	24 km
District headquarters	Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar	43 km

Villages closest to Golu Majra

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 Golu Majra

As per the Census of India 2011, Golu Majra village had a population of 559. That makes it the 105th largest of the 175 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 872 residents.

Golu Majra village has 295 males and 264 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Golu Majra has about 895 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 937.

The pincode recorded for Golu Majra is 144522. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Golu Majra covers 313 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Golu Majra falls under Balachaur tehsil of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Golu Majra is Kiratpur Sahib, about 5.3 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Golu Majra.

Golu Majra is about 43 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.

Golu Majra is in Balachaur tehsil of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district. Kiratpur Sahib is about 5.3 km away. Ropar is about 23 km away. Balachaur is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.