About Longowal Village

Longowal is a mid sized village in Batala tehsil, in the district of Gurdaspur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,200, made up of 599 males and 601 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,003 females per 1000 males. The village covers 152 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 143505, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Longowal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Longowal village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Gurdaspur
Tehsil	Batala
Pincode	143505
Area (hectares)	152 hectares
Population	1,200
Male Population	599
Female Population	601
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,003
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Longowal compares

By the 2011 count Longowal is the 145th largest of the 351 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,329 residents. Its 152 hectares work out to about 7.9 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 910.

Getting to Longowal

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

Longowal lies about 27 km from Gurdaspur, and the nearest railway station is Batala Sugar Mills, about 3.5 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 Longowal
Nearest railway station	Batala Sugar Mills	3.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Batala	5.2 km
Nearest town	Batāla	5.2 km
District headquarters	Gurdaspur	27 km

Villages closest to Longowal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Longowal village had a population of 1,200. That makes it the 145th largest of the 351 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,329 residents.

Longowal village has 599 males and 601 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Longowal has about 1003 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 910.

The pincode recorded for Longowal is 143505. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Longowal covers 152 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.9 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Longowal falls under Batala tehsil of Gurdaspur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Longowal is Batala Sugar Mills, about 3.5 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 Longowal.

Longowal is about 27 km from Gurdaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Longowal is in Batala tehsil of Gurdaspur district. Batala Sugar Mills is about 3.5 km away. Batala is about 5.2 km away. Batāla is about 5.2 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.