About Alamwal Village

Alamwal is a small village in Garhshankar tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 59, made up of 32 males and 27 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 844 females per 1000 males. The village covers 74 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144214, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Alamwal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Alamwal village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Hoshiarpur
Tehsil	Garhshankar
Pincode	144214
Area (hectares)	74 hectares
Population	59
Male Population	32
Female Population	27
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	844
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Alamwal compares

By the 2011 count Alamwal 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 74 hectares work out to about 0.8 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 Alamwal

Alamwal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Alamwal as Available within village. 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 Alamwal from other places

Alamwal lies about 25 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Mahngarwal Doaba, about 4.6 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 Alamwal
Nearest railway station	Mahngarwal Doaba	4.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Garhshankar	18 km
Nearest town	Banga	22 km
District headquarters	Hoshiarpur	25 km

Villages closest to Alamwal

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 Alamwal

As per the Census of India 2011, Alamwal village had a population of 59. 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.

Alamwal village has 32 males and 27 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Alamwal has about 844 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 Alamwal is 144214. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Alamwal covers 74 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Alamwal falls under Garhshankar tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Alamwal is Mahngarwal Doaba, about 4.6 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 village for Alamwal.

Alamwal is about 25 km from Hoshiarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Alamwal is in Garhshankar tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Mahngarwal Doaba is about 4.6 km away. Garhshankar is about 18 km away. Banga is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.