About Kowa Village

Kowa is a small village in Barsar tehsil, in the district of Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 184, made up of 92 males and 92 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 33.45 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 174305, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kowa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kowa village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Hamirpur
Tehsil	Barsar
Pincode	174305
Area (hectares)	33.45 hectares
Population	184
Male Population	92
Female Population	92
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kowa compares

By the 2011 count Kowa is the 113th largest of the 231 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 232 residents. Its 33.45 hectares work out to about 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1122.

Getting to Kowa

Kowa is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kowa 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kowa from other places

Kowa lies about 52 km from Hamirpur, and the nearest railway station is Anandpur Sahib, about 2.0 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 Kowa
Nearest railway station	Anandpur Sahib	2.0 km
Nearest town	Nangal	23 km
Tehsil headquarters	Barsar	35 km
District headquarters	Hamirpur	52 km

Villages closest to Kowa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kowa village had a population of 184. That makes it the 113th largest of the 231 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 232 residents.

Kowa village has 92 males and 92 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kowa has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1122.

The pincode recorded for Kowa is 174305. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kowa covers 33.45 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kowa falls under Barsar tehsil of Hamirpur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Kowa is Anandpur Sahib, about 2.0 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Kowa.

Kowa is about 52 km from Hamirpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kowa is in Barsar tehsil of Hamirpur district. Anandpur Sahib is about 2.0 km away. Nangal is about 23 km away. Barsar is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.