About Giglana Village

Giglana is one of the larger villages in Behror tehsil, in the district of Alwar, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,142, made up of 2,700 males and 2,442 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 904 females per 1000 males. The village covers 991 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 301704, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Giglana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Giglana village
Description	Value
State	Rajasthan
District	Alwar
Tehsil	Behror
Pincode	301704
Area (hectares)	991 hectares
Population	5,142
Male Population	2,700
Female Population	2,442
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	904
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Giglana compares

By the 2011 count Giglana is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,777 residents. Its 991 hectares work out to about 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 911.

Getting to Giglana

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

Giglana lies about 63 km from Alwar, and the nearest railway station is Kund, about 6.3 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 Giglana
Nearest railway station	Kund	6.3 km
Nearest town	Rewāri	21 km
Tehsil headquarters	Behror	28 km
District headquarters	Alwar	63 km

Villages closest to Giglana

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Giglana village had a population of 5,142. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,777 residents.

Giglana village has 2,700 males and 2,442 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Giglana has about 904 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 911.

The pincode recorded for Giglana is 301704. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Giglana covers 991 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Giglana falls under Behror tehsil of Alwar district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Giglana is Kund, about 6.3 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 Giglana.

Giglana is about 63 km from Alwar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Giglana is in Behror tehsil of Alwar district. Kund is about 6.3 km away. Rewāri is about 21 km away. Behror is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.