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About Alar Pind Village

Alar Pind is a mid sized village in Dasua tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 672, made up of 335 males and 337 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,006 females per 1000 males. The village covers 199 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144205, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Alar Pind Overview

Census 2011 figures for Alar Pind village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Hoshiarpur
Tehsil Dasua
Pincode 144205
Area (hectares) 199 hectares
Population 672
Male Population 335
Female Population 337
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,006
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Alar Pind compares

By the 2011 count Alar Pind is the 154th largest of the 361 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 823 residents. Its 199 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 984.

Getting to Alar Pind

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

How far is Alar Pind from other places

Alar Pind lies about 35 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Khuda Kurala, about under 2 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 Alar Pind
Nearest railway station Khuda Kurala under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Dasua 7.1 km
Nearest town Dasūya 7.1 km
District headquarters Hoshiarpur 35 km

Villages closest to Alar Pind

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dasua 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 Alar Pind

As per the Census of India 2011, Alar Pind village had a population of 672. That makes it the 154th largest of the 361 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 823 residents.

Alar Pind village has 335 males and 337 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Alar Pind has about 1006 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 984.

The pincode recorded for Alar Pind is 144205. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Alar Pind covers 199 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Alar Pind falls under Dasua tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Alar Pind is Khuda Kurala, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Alar Pind.

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

Alar Pind is in Dasua tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Khuda Kurala is about under 2 km away. Dasua is about 7.1 km away. Dasūya is about 7.1 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ralhan (under 2 km), Kandhala Sheikhan (under 2 km) and Jia Natha (under 2 km).

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

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