About Ghataron Village

Ghataron is a mid sized village in Nawanshahr tehsil, in the district of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,618, made up of 829 males and 789 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 952 females per 1000 males. The village covers 440 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144421, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ghataron Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghataron village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar
Tehsil	Nawanshahr
Pincode	144421
Area (hectares)	440 hectares
Population	1,618
Male Population	829
Female Population	789
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	952
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Ghataron compares

By the 2011 count Ghataron is the 65th largest of the 272 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,187 residents. Its 440 hectares work out to about 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 975.

Getting to Ghataron

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

Ghataron lies about 16 km from Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar, and the nearest railway station is Rahon, about 8.9 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 Ghataron
Nearest railway station	Rahon	8.9 km
Nearest town	Bālāchor	9.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nawanshahr	12 km
District headquarters	Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar	16 km

Villages closest to Ghataron

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghataron village had a population of 1,618. That makes it the 65th largest of the 272 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,187 residents.

Ghataron village has 829 males and 789 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghataron has about 952 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 975.

The pincode recorded for Ghataron is 144421. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ghataron covers 440 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ghataron falls under Nawanshahr tehsil of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Ghataron is Rahon, about 8.9 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 Ghataron.

Ghataron is about 16 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.

Ghataron is in Nawanshahr tehsil of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district. Rahon is about 8.9 km away. Bālāchor is about 9.8 km away. Nawanshahr is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.