About Makhowal Village

Makhowal is a small village in Dasua tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 69, made up of 37 males and 32 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 865 females per 1000 males. The village covers 68 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144205, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Makhowal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Makhowal village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Hoshiarpur
Tehsil	Dasua
Pincode	144205
Area (hectares)	68 hectares
Population	69
Male Population	37
Female Population	32
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	865
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Makhowal compares

By the 2011 count Makhowal is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 823 residents. Its 68 hectares work out to about 1.0 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 Makhowal

Makhowal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Makhowal as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Makhowal from other places

Makhowal lies about 40 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Unchi Bassi, about 8.0 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 Makhowal
Nearest railway station	Unchi Bassi	8.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dasua	8.2 km
Nearest town	Dasūya	8.2 km
District headquarters	Hoshiarpur	40 km

Villages closest to Makhowal

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 Makhowal

As per the Census of India 2011, Makhowal village had a population of 69. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 823 residents.

Makhowal village has 37 males and 32 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Makhowal has about 865 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 Makhowal is 144205. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Makhowal covers 68 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Makhowal falls under Dasua tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Makhowal is Unchi Bassi, about 8.0 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Makhowal.

Makhowal is about 40 km from Hoshiarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Makhowal is in Dasua tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Unchi Bassi is about 8.0 km away. Dasua is about 8.2 km away. Dasūya is about 8.2 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.