About Gelana Village

Gelana is a mid sized village in Pirawa tehsil, in the district of Jhalawar, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,333, made up of 670 males and 663 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 990 females per 1000 males. The village covers 452.83 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 326513, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gelana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gelana village
Description	Value
State	Rajasthan
District	Jhalawar
Tehsil	Pirawa
Pincode	326513
Area (hectares)	452.83 hectares
Population	1,333
Male Population	670
Female Population	663
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	990
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gelana compares

By the 2011 count Gelana is the 36th largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 988 residents. Its 452.83 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 950.

Getting to Gelana

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

Gelana lies about 49 km from Jhalawar, and the nearest railway station is Kurlasi, about 22 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 Gelana
Tehsil headquarters	Pirawa	16 km
Nearest town	Bhawāni Mandi	21 km
Nearest railway station	Kurlasi	22 km
District headquarters	Jhalawar	49 km

Villages closest to Gelana

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gelana village had a population of 1,333. That makes it the 36th largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 988 residents.

Gelana village has 670 males and 663 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gelana has about 990 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 950.

The pincode recorded for Gelana is 326513. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gelana covers 452.83 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gelana falls under Pirawa tehsil of Jhalawar district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Gelana is Kurlasi, about 22 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Gelana.

Gelana is about 49 km from Jhalawar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gelana is in Pirawa tehsil of Jhalawar district. Pirawa is about 16 km away. Bhawāni Mandi is about 21 km away. Kurlasi is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.