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About Hawal Village

Hawal is a small village in Jawali tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 470, made up of 230 males and 240 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,043 females per 1000 males. The village covers 29.3 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176024, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Hawal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Hawal village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Jawali
Pincode 176024
Area (hectares) 29.3 hectares
Population 470
Male Population 230
Female Population 240
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,043
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Hawal compares

By the 2011 count Hawal is the 77th largest of the 184 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 570 residents. Its 29.3 hectares work out to about 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1026.

Getting to Hawal

Hawal is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Hawal 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 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Hawal from other places

Hawal lies about 22 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Harsar Dehri, about under 2 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 Hawal
Nearest railway station Harsar Dehri under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Jawali 3.4 km
District headquarters Kangra 22 km
Nearest town Talwāra 24 km

Villages closest to Hawal

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

Common questions about Hawal

As per the Census of India 2011, Hawal village had a population of 470. That makes it the 77th largest of the 184 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 570 residents.

Hawal village has 230 males and 240 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Hawal has about 1043 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1026.

The pincode recorded for Hawal is 176024. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Hawal covers 29.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Hawal falls under Jawali tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Hawal is Harsar Dehri, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Hawal.

Hawal is about 22 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Hawal is in Jawali tehsil of Kangra district. Harsar Dehri is about under 2 km away. Jawali is about 3.4 km away. Kangra is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Badehla (1.8 km), Ghar (2.2 km) and Chalwara Khas (2.4 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Hawal today is likely to be higher.

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