About Gilpan Village

Gilpan is a small village in Patti tehsil, in the district of Tarn Taran, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 330, made up of 184 males and 146 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 793 females per 1000 males. The village covers 226 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 143305, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gilpan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gilpan village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Tarn Taran
Tehsil	Patti
Pincode	143305
Area (hectares)	226 hectares
Population	330
Male Population	184
Female Population	146
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	793
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gilpan compares

By the 2011 count Gilpan is the 166th largest of the 191 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,894 residents. Its 226 hectares work out to about 1.5 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 894.

Getting to Gilpan

Gilpan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Gilpan as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Gilpan from other places

Gilpan lies about 30 km from Tarn Taran, and the nearest railway station is واہگہ, about 20 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 Gilpan
Nearest town	Bhikkiwind Uttār	10 km
Nearest railway station	واہگہ	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Patti	27 km
District headquarters	Tarn Taran	30 km

Villages closest to Gilpan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gilpan village had a population of 330. That makes it the 166th largest of the 191 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,894 residents.

Gilpan village has 184 males and 146 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gilpan has about 793 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 894.

The pincode recorded for Gilpan is 143305. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gilpan covers 226 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gilpan falls under Patti tehsil of Tarn Taran district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Gilpan is واہگہ, about 20 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 5 - 10 km distance for Gilpan.

Gilpan is about 30 km from Tarn Taran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gilpan is in Patti tehsil of Tarn Taran district. Bhikkiwind Uttār is about 10 km away. واہگہ is about 20 km away. Patti is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.