About Galowal Village

Galowal is a mid sized village in Dasua tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 646, made up of 322 males and 324 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,006 females per 1000 males. The village covers 335 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144205, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Galowal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Galowal village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Hoshiarpur
Tehsil	Dasua
Pincode	144205
Area (hectares)	335 hectares
Population	646
Male Population	322
Female Population	324
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,006
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Galowal compares

By the 2011 count Galowal is the 164th largest of the 361 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 823 residents. Its 335 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 984.

Getting to Galowal

Galowal is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Galowal as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Galowal from other places

Galowal lies about 44 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Dasuya, about 7.4 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 Galowal
Tehsil headquarters	Dasua	7.0 km
Nearest town	Dasūya	7.0 km
Nearest railway station	Dasuya	7.4 km
District headquarters	Hoshiarpur	44 km

Villages closest to Galowal

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.

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Common questions about Galowal

As per the Census of India 2011, Galowal village had a population of 646. That makes it the 164th largest of the 361 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 823 residents.

Galowal village has 322 males and 324 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Galowal 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 Galowal is 144205. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Galowal covers 335 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Galowal falls under Dasua tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Galowal is Dasuya, about 7.4 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Galowal.

Galowal is about 44 km from Hoshiarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Galowal is in Dasua tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Dasua is about 7.0 km away. Dasūya is about 7.0 km away. Dasuya is about 7.4 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.