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About Argowal Village

Argowal is a large village in Dasua tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,082, made up of 1,070 males and 1,012 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 946 females per 1000 males. The village covers 387 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144306, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Argowal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Argowal village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Hoshiarpur
Tehsil Dasua
Pincode 144306
Area (hectares) 387 hectares
Population 2,082
Male Population 1,070
Female Population 1,012
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 946
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Argowal compares

By the 2011 count Argowal is the 21st largest of the 361 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 823 residents. Its 387 hectares work out to about 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 984.

Getting to Argowal

Argowal 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 Argowal as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Argowal from other places

Argowal lies about 29 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Khuda Kurala, about 8.4 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 Argowal
Nearest railway station Khuda Kurala 8.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Dasua 11 km
Nearest town Dasūya 11 km
District headquarters Hoshiarpur 29 km

Villages closest to Argowal

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 Argowal

As per the Census of India 2011, Argowal village had a population of 2,082. That makes it the 21st largest of the 361 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 823 residents.

Argowal village has 1,070 males and 1,012 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Argowal has about 946 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 984.

The pincode recorded for Argowal is 144306. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Argowal covers 387 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Argowal falls under Dasua tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Argowal is Khuda Kurala, about 8.4 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Argowal.

Argowal is about 29 km from Hoshiarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Argowal is in Dasua tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Khuda Kurala is about 8.4 km away. Dasua is about 11 km away. Dasūya is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jia Sahota Kalan (under 2 km), Dholowal (under 2 km) and Kalra (1.6 km).

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

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