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About Mahal Village

Mahal is a small village in Dasua tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 116, made up of 66 males and 50 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 758 females per 1000 males. The village covers 100 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144207, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Mahal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Mahal village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Hoshiarpur
Tehsil Dasua
Pincode 144207
Area (hectares) 100 hectares
Population 116
Male Population 66
Female Population 50
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 758
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Mahal compares

By the 2011 count Mahal is the 340th largest of the 361 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 823 residents. Its 100 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 984.

Getting to Mahal

Mahal 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 Mahal 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 Mahal from other places

Mahal lies about 30 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Khuda Kurala, about 4.8 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 Mahal
Nearest railway station Khuda Kurala 4.8 km
Nearest town Urmar 8.9 km
Tehsil headquarters Dasua 9.5 km
District headquarters Hoshiarpur 30 km

Villages closest to Mahal

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 Mahal

As per the Census of India 2011, Mahal village had a population of 116. That makes it the 340th largest of the 361 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 823 residents.

Mahal village has 66 males and 50 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Mahal has about 758 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 984.

The pincode recorded for Mahal is 144207. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Mahal covers 100 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Mahal falls under Dasua tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Mahal is Khuda Kurala, about 4.8 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 Mahal.

Mahal is about 30 km from Hoshiarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Mahal is in Dasua tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Khuda Kurala is about 4.8 km away. Urmar is about 8.9 km away. Dasua is about 9.5 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bhatian (under 2 km), Khanpur (under 2 km) and Jitabaid (under 2 km).

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

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