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About Denowal Kalan Village

Denowal Kalan is a mid sized village in Garhshankar tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,157, made up of 544 males and 613 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,127 females per 1000 males. The village covers 199 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 210216, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Denowal Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Denowal Kalan village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Hoshiarpur
Tehsil Garhshankar
Pincode 210216
Area (hectares) 199 hectares
Population 1,157
Male Population 544
Female Population 613
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,127
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 Denowal Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Denowal Kalan is the 96th largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,022 residents. Its 199 hectares work out to about 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 961.

Getting to Denowal Kalan

The census records public bus service for Denowal Kalan 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 Denowal Kalan from other places

Denowal Kalan lies about 43 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Alachor, about 2.9 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 Denowal Kalan
Nearest railway station Alachor 2.9 km
Tehsil headquarters Garhshankar 3.2 km
Nearest town Nawanshahr 7.6 km
District headquarters Hoshiarpur 43 km

Villages closest to Denowal Kalan

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.

Common questions about Denowal Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Denowal Kalan village had a population of 1,157. That makes it the 96th largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,022 residents.

Denowal Kalan village has 544 males and 613 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Denowal Kalan has about 1127 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 961.

The pincode recorded for Denowal Kalan is 210216. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Denowal Kalan covers 199 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Denowal Kalan falls under Garhshankar tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Denowal Kalan is Alachor, about 2.9 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 Denowal Kalan.

Denowal Kalan is about 43 km from Hoshiarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Denowal Kalan is in Garhshankar tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Alachor is about 2.9 km away. Garhshankar is about 3.2 km away. Nawanshahr is about 7.6 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chauhra (under 2 km), Dogarpur (1.8 km) and Fatehpur (2.0 km).

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

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