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About Panwan Village

Panwan is a mid sized village in Dasua tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,848, made up of 952 males and 896 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 941 females per 1000 males. The village covers 353 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144207, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Panwan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Panwan village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Hoshiarpur
Tehsil Dasua
Pincode 144207
Area (hectares) 353 hectares
Population 1,848
Male Population 952
Female Population 896
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 941
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Panwan compares

By the 2011 count Panwan is the 31st 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 353 hectares work out to about 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 984.

Getting to Panwan

Panwan 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 Panwan 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 Panwan from other places

Panwan lies about 35 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Dasuya, about 4.5 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 Panwan
Nearest railway station Dasuya 4.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Dasua 5.2 km
Nearest town Dasūya 5.2 km
District headquarters Hoshiarpur 35 km

Villages closest to Panwan

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 Panwan

As per the Census of India 2011, Panwan village had a population of 1,848. That makes it the 31st largest of the 361 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 823 residents.

Panwan village has 952 males and 896 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Panwan has about 941 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 984.

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

Panwan covers 353 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Panwan falls under Dasua tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Panwan is Dasuya, about 4.5 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 Panwan.

Panwan 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.

Panwan is in Dasua tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Dasuya is about 4.5 km away. Dasua is about 5.2 km away. Dasūya is about 5.2 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Saggal (under 2 km), Bangalipur (under 2 km) and Odrah (1.6 km).

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

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