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About Gujjarpur Kalan Village

Gujjarpur Kalan 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 840, made up of 416 males and 424 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,019 females per 1000 males. The village covers 215 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144514, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gujjarpur Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gujjarpur Kalan village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar
Tehsil Nawanshahr
Pincode 144514
Area (hectares) 215 hectares
Population 840
Male Population 416
Female Population 424
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,019
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Gujjarpur Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Gujjarpur Kalan is the 173rd largest of the 272 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,187 residents. Its 215 hectares work out to about 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 975.

Getting to Gujjarpur Kalan

Gujjarpur Kalan 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 Gujjarpur Kalan 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 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gujjarpur Kalan from other places

Gujjarpur Kalan lies about 5.1 km from Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar, and the nearest railway station is Nawanshahr Daoba Junction, 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 Gujjarpur Kalan
Tehsil headquarters Nawanshahr 2.6 km
Nearest railway station Nawanshahr Daoba Junction 2.8 km
District headquarters Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar 5.1 km

Villages closest to Gujjarpur Kalan

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.

Common questions about Gujjarpur Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Gujjarpur Kalan village had a population of 840. That makes it the 173rd largest of the 272 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,187 residents.

Gujjarpur Kalan village has 416 males and 424 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gujjarpur Kalan has about 1019 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 975.

The pincode recorded for Gujjarpur Kalan is 144514. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gujjarpur Kalan covers 215 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Gujjarpur Kalan is Nawanshahr Daoba Junction, about 2.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Gujjarpur Kalan.

Gujjarpur Kalan is about 5.1 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.

Gujjarpur Kalan is in Nawanshahr tehsil of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district. Nawanshahr is about 2.6 km away. Nawanshahr Daoba Junction is about 2.8 km away. Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar is about 5.1 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mahalon (under 2 km), Mehndipur (1.9 km) and Mubarkpur (2.2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Gujjarpur Kalan today is likely to be higher.

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