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About Lalwan Village

Lalwan is a mid sized village in Garhshankar tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,341, made up of 708 males and 633 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 894 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1342 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144530, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Lalwan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Lalwan village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Hoshiarpur
Tehsil Garhshankar
Pincode 144530
Area (hectares) 1342 hectares
Population 1,341
Male Population 708
Female Population 633
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 894
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Lalwan compares

By the 2011 count Lalwan is the 70th largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,022 residents. Its 1342 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 961.

Getting to Lalwan

Lalwan is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Lalwan 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Lalwan from other places

Lalwan lies about 40 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Garhshankar, about under 2 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 Lalwan
Nearest railway station Garhshankar under 2 km
Nearest town Nawanshahr 12 km
District headquarters Hoshiarpur 40 km

Villages closest to Lalwan

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 Lalwan

As per the Census of India 2011, Lalwan village had a population of 1,341. That makes it the 70th largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,022 residents.

Lalwan village has 708 males and 633 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Lalwan has about 894 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 Lalwan is 144530. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Lalwan covers 1342 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.

Lalwan falls under Garhshankar tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Lalwan is Garhshankar, about under 2 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Lalwan.

Lalwan 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.

Lalwan is in Garhshankar tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Garhshankar is about under 2 km away. Nawanshahr is about 12 km away. Hoshiarpur is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Lalian (under 2 km), Kalewal (under 2 km) and Kalewal Bhagtan (under 2 km).

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

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