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About Jhawan Village

Jhawan is a large village in Dasua tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,533, made up of 1,300 males and 1,233 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 948 females per 1000 males. The village covers 423 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144212, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jhawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jhawan village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Hoshiarpur
Tehsil Dasua
Pincode 144212
Area (hectares) 423 hectares
Population 2,533
Male Population 1,300
Female Population 1,233
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 948
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Jhawan compares

By the 2011 count Jhawan is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 823 residents. Its 423 hectares work out to about 6.0 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 Jhawan

Jhawan 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 Jhawan 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 Jhawan from other places

Jhawan lies about 26 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Tanda Urmar, about 4.4 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 Jhawan
Nearest railway station Tanda Urmar 4.4 km
Nearest town Urmar 4.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Dasua 17 km
District headquarters Hoshiarpur 26 km

Villages closest to Jhawan

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 Jhawan

As per the Census of India 2011, Jhawan village had a population of 2,533. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 823 residents.

Jhawan village has 1,300 males and 1,233 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jhawan has about 948 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 Jhawan is 144212. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jhawan covers 423 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Jhawan falls under Dasua tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Jhawan is Tanda Urmar, about 4.4 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 Jhawan.

Jhawan is about 26 km from Hoshiarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jhawan is in Dasua tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Tanda Urmar is about 4.4 km away. Urmar is about 4.8 km away. Dasua is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Randian (1.9 km), Kaloya (2.2 km) and Budhi Pind (2.3 km).

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

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