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About Samoor Kalan Awal Village

Samoor Kalan Awal is a mid sized village in Una tehsil, in the district of Una, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 960, made up of 512 males and 448 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 875 females per 1000 males. The village covers 228.61 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 174303, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Samoor Kalan Awal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Samoor Kalan Awal village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Una
Tehsil Una
Pincode 174303
Area (hectares) 228.61 hectares
Population 960
Male Population 512
Female Population 448
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 875
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Samoor Kalan Awal compares

By the 2011 count Samoor Kalan Awal is the 67th largest of the 139 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,099 residents. Its 228.61 hectares work out to about 4.2 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 970.

Getting to Samoor Kalan Awal

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

How far is Samoor Kalan Awal from other places

Samoor Kalan Awal lies about 25 km from Una, and the nearest railway station is Hoshiarpur, about 12 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 Samoor Kalan Awal
Nearest railway station Hoshiarpur 12 km
Nearest town Hoshiārpur 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Una 25 km

Villages closest to Samoor Kalan Awal

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Una 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 Samoor Kalan Awal

As per the Census of India 2011, Samoor Kalan Awal village had a population of 960. That makes it the 67th largest of the 139 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,099 residents.

Samoor Kalan Awal village has 512 males and 448 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Samoor Kalan Awal has about 875 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 970.

The pincode recorded for Samoor Kalan Awal is 174303. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Samoor Kalan Awal covers 228.61 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Samoor Kalan Awal falls under Una tehsil of Una district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Samoor Kalan Awal is Hoshiarpur, about 12 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Samoor Kalan Awal.

Samoor Kalan Awal is about 25 km from Una in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Samoor Kalan Awal is in Una tehsil of Una district. Hoshiarpur is about 12 km away. Hoshiārpur is about 13 km away. Una is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kotla Kalan Nichla (under 2 km), Samoor Kalan Doam (under 2 km) and Mahanta (under 2 km).

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

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