About Parowal Village

Parowal is a mid sized village in Batala tehsil, in the district of Gurdaspur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,407, made up of 727 males and 680 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 935 females per 1000 males. The village covers 240 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 143602, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Parowal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Parowal village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Gurdaspur
Tehsil	Batala
Pincode	143602
Area (hectares)	240 hectares
Population	1,407
Male Population	727
Female Population	680
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	935
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Parowal compares

By the 2011 count Parowal is the 121st largest of the 351 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,329 residents. Its 240 hectares work out to about 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 910.

Getting to Parowal

Parowal 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 Parowal as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Parowal from other places

Parowal lies about 42 km from Gurdaspur, and the nearest railway station is Kotla Gujran, about 8.9 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 Parowal
Nearest railway station	Kotla Gujran	8.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Batala	16 km
Nearest town	Batāla	16 km
District headquarters	Gurdaspur	42 km

Villages closest to Parowal

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 Parowal

As per the Census of India 2011, Parowal village had a population of 1,407. That makes it the 121st largest of the 351 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,329 residents.

Parowal village has 727 males and 680 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Parowal has about 935 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 910.

The pincode recorded for Parowal is 143602. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Parowal covers 240 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Parowal falls under Batala tehsil of Gurdaspur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Parowal is Kotla Gujran, about 8.9 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Parowal.

Parowal is about 42 km from Gurdaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Parowal is in Batala tehsil of Gurdaspur district. Kotla Gujran is about 8.9 km away. Batala is about 16 km away. Batāla is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.