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About Kawan Village

Kawan is a mid sized village in Dasua tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 597, made up of 325 males and 272 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 837 females per 1000 males. The village covers 140 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144205, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kawan village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Hoshiarpur
Tehsil Dasua
Pincode 144205
Area (hectares) 140 hectares
Population 597
Male Population 325
Female Population 272
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 837
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Kawan compares

By the 2011 count Kawan is the 181st largest of the 361 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 823 residents. Its 140 hectares work out to about 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 984.

Getting to Kawan

The census records public bus service for Kawan as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Kawan from other places

Kawan lies about 65 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Ghiala, about 10 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 Kawan
Nearest railway station Ghiala 10 km
Nearest town Mamun 20 km
Tehsil headquarters Dasua 33 km
District headquarters Hoshiarpur 65 km

Villages closest to Kawan

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 Kawan

As per the Census of India 2011, Kawan village had a population of 597. That makes it the 181st largest of the 361 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 823 residents.

Kawan village has 325 males and 272 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kawan has about 837 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 Kawan is 144205. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kawan covers 140 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kawan falls under Dasua tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Kawan is Ghiala, about 10 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 <5 km distance for Kawan.

Kawan is about 65 km from Hoshiarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kawan is in Dasua tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Ghiala is about 10 km away. Mamun is about 20 km away. Dasua is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kan Dhalian (9.7 km), Badial (10 km) and Ajmer (13 km).

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

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