About Spalwan Village

Spalwan is a small village in Hiranagar tehsil, in the district of Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 432, made up of 219 males and 213 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 973 females per 1000 males. The village covers 185 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 184148, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Spalwan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Spalwan village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Kathua
Tehsil	Hiranagar
Pincode	184148
Area (hectares)	185 hectares
Population	432
Male Population	219
Female Population	213
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	973
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Spalwan compares

By the 2011 count Spalwan is the 100th largest of the 196 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 659 residents. Its 185 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 904.

Getting to Spalwan

Spalwan is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Spalwan as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Spalwan from other places

Spalwan lies about 35 km from Kathua, and the nearest railway station is Chak Dayala, about 20 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 Spalwan
Nearest railway station	Chak Dayala	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Hiranagar	23 km
Nearest town	Sāmba	24 km
District headquarters	Kathua	35 km

Villages closest to Spalwan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Spalwan village had a population of 432. That makes it the 100th largest of the 196 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 659 residents.

Spalwan village has 219 males and 213 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Spalwan has about 973 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 904.

The pincode recorded for Spalwan is 184148. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Spalwan covers 185 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Spalwan falls under Hiranagar tehsil of Kathua district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Spalwan is Chak Dayala, about 20 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Spalwan.

Spalwan is about 35 km from Kathua in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Spalwan is in Hiranagar tehsil of Kathua district. Chak Dayala is about 20 km away. Hiranagar is about 23 km away. Sāmba is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.