About Abhowal Village

Abhowal is a small village in Garhshankar tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 28, made up of 15 males and 13 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 867 females per 1000 males. The village covers 59 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144530, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Abhowal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Abhowal village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Hoshiarpur
Tehsil	Garhshankar
Pincode	144530
Area (hectares)	59 hectares
Population	28
Male Population	15
Female Population	13
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	867
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Abhowal compares

By the 2011 count Abhowal is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,022 residents. Its 59 hectares work out to about 0.5 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 961.

Getting to Abhowal

Abhowal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Abhowal as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Abhowal from other places

Abhowal lies about 20 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Mahngarwal Doaba, about 9.3 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 Abhowal
Nearest railway station	Mahngarwal Doaba	9.3 km
District headquarters	Hoshiarpur	20 km
Nearest town	Hoshiārpur	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Garhshankar	22 km

Villages closest to Abhowal

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Garhshankar 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 Abhowal

As per the Census of India 2011, Abhowal village had a population of 28. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,022 residents.

Abhowal village has 15 males and 13 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Abhowal has about 867 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 961.

The pincode recorded for Abhowal is 144530. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Abhowal covers 59 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Abhowal falls under Garhshankar tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Abhowal is Mahngarwal Doaba, about 9.3 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Abhowal.

Abhowal is about 20 km from Hoshiarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Abhowal is in Garhshankar tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Mahngarwal Doaba is about 9.3 km away. Hoshiarpur is about 20 km away. Hoshiārpur is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.