About Napwal Village

Napwal is a small village in Pathankot tehsil, in the district of Gurdaspur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 273, made up of 142 males and 131 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 923 females per 1000 males. The village covers 187 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 145101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Napwal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Napwal village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Gurdaspur
Tehsil	Pathankot
Pincode	145101
Area (hectares)	187 hectares
Population	273
Male Population	142
Female Population	131
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	923
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Napwal compares

By the 2011 count Napwal is the 275th largest of the 328 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 992 residents. Its 187 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 934.

Getting to Napwal

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

How far is Napwal from other places

Napwal lies about 24 km from Gurdaspur, and the nearest railway station is Ghiala, about 3.3 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 Napwal
Nearest railway station	Ghiala	3.3 km
Nearest town	Dīnānagar	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Pathankot	14 km
District headquarters	Gurdaspur	24 km

Villages closest to Napwal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Napwal village had a population of 273. That makes it the 275th largest of the 328 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 992 residents.

Napwal village has 142 males and 131 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Napwal has about 923 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 934.

The pincode recorded for Napwal is 145101. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Napwal covers 187 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Napwal falls under Pathankot tehsil of Gurdaspur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Napwal is Ghiala, about 3.3 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Napwal.

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

Napwal is in Pathankot tehsil of Gurdaspur district. Ghiala is about 3.3 km away. Dīnānagar is about 13 km away. Pathankot is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.