About Gelawas Village

Gelawas is a mid sized village in Luni tehsil, in the district of Jodhpur, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,448, made up of 763 males and 685 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 898 females per 1000 males. The village covers 715 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 342001, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gelawas Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gelawas village
Description	Value
State	Rajasthan
District	Jodhpur
Tehsil	Luni
Pincode	342001
Area (hectares)	715 hectares
Population	1,448
Male Population	763
Female Population	685
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	898
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gelawas compares

By the 2011 count Gelawas is the 46th largest of the 169 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,307 residents. Its 715 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 944.

Getting to Gelawas

Gelawas is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Gelawas as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Gelawas from other places

Gelawas lies about 32 km from Jodhpur, and the nearest railway station is Dundara, about 19 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 Gelawas
Nearest railway station	Dundara	19 km
Tehsil headquarters	Luni	24 km
Nearest town	Sāngaria	28 km
District headquarters	Jodhpur	32 km

Villages closest to Gelawas

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gelawas village had a population of 1,448. That makes it the 46th largest of the 169 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,307 residents.

Gelawas village has 763 males and 685 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gelawas has about 898 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 944.

The pincode recorded for Gelawas is 342001. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gelawas covers 715 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gelawas falls under Luni tehsil of Jodhpur district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Gelawas is Dundara, about 19 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 10+ km distance for Gelawas.

Gelawas is about 32 km from Jodhpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gelawas is in Luni tehsil of Jodhpur district. Dundara is about 19 km away. Luni is about 24 km away. Sāngaria is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.