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About Kalawan Village

Kalawan is a small village in Kasauli tehsil, in the district of Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 49, made up of 28 males and 21 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 750 females per 1000 males. The village covers 9.86 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173209, 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 Solan
Tehsil Kasauli
Pincode 173209
Area (hectares) 9.86 hectares
Population 49
Male Population 28
Female Population 21
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 750
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Kalawan compares

By the 2011 count Kalawan is the 194th largest of the 256 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 208 residents. Its 9.86 hectares work out to about 5.0 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 912.

Getting to Kalawan

The census records public bus service for Kalawan as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Kalawan from other places

Kalawan lies about 24 km from Solan. 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 town Shimla 11 km
District headquarters Solan 24 km
Tehsil headquarters Kasauli 35 km

Villages closest to Kalawan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kalawan village had a population of 49. That makes it the 194th largest of the 256 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 208 residents.

Kalawan village has 28 males and 21 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kalawan has about 750 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 912.

The pincode recorded for Kalawan is 173209. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kalawan covers 9.86 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kalawan falls under Kasauli tehsil of Solan district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Kalawan notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Kalawan.

Kalawan is about 24 km from Solan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kalawan is in Kasauli tehsil of Solan district. Shimla is about 11 km away. Solan is about 24 km away. Kasauli is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gadyar (4.3 km), Shamral (6.9 km) and Mehli (7.9 km).

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

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