About Kalawan Village

Kalawan is a small village in Indora tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 147, made up of 76 males and 71 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 934 females per 1000 males. The village covers 113.57 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176401, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kalawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kalawan village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Indora
Pincode	176401
Area (hectares)	113.57 hectares
Population	147
Male Population	76
Female Population	71
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	934
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kalawan compares

By the 2011 count Kalawan is the 85th largest of the 111 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 690 residents. Its 113.57 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 962.

Getting to Kalawan

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

Kalawan lies about 54 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Dalhousie Road, about 1.6 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 Kalawan
Nearest railway station	Dalhousie Road	1.6 km
Nearest town	Mamun	4.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Indora	16 km
District headquarters	Kangra	54 km

Villages closest to Kalawan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kalawan village had a population of 147. That makes it the 85th largest of the 111 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 690 residents.

Kalawan village has 76 males and 71 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kalawan has about 934 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 962.

The pincode recorded for Kalawan is 176401. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kalawan covers 113.57 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kalawan falls under Indora tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Kalawan is Dalhousie Road, about 1.6 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 Kalawan.

Kalawan is about 54 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kalawan is in Indora tehsil of Kangra district. Dalhousie Road is about 1.6 km away. Mamun is about 4.2 km away. Indora is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.