About Nangal Village

Nangal is a small village in Garhshankar tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 498, made up of 258 males and 240 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 930 females per 1000 males. The village covers 102 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144440, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Nangal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Nangal village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Hoshiarpur
Tehsil	Garhshankar
Pincode	144440
Area (hectares)	102 hectares
Population	498
Male Population	258
Female Population	240
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	930
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Nangal compares

By the 2011 count Nangal is the 212th largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,022 residents. Its 102 hectares work out to about 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 961.

Getting to Nangal

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

Nangal lies about 47 km from Hoshiarpur. 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 Nangal
Tehsil headquarters	Garhshankar	6.4 km
Nearest town	Nawanshahr	12 km
District headquarters	Hoshiarpur	47 km

Villages closest to Nangal

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 Nangal

As per the Census of India 2011, Nangal village had a population of 498. That makes it the 212th largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,022 residents.

Nangal village has 258 males and 240 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Nangal has about 930 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 961.

The pincode recorded for Nangal is 144440. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Nangal covers 102 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Nangal falls under Garhshankar tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The census record for Nangal notes the nearest railway station 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 Nangal.

Nangal is about 47 km from Hoshiarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Nangal is in Garhshankar tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Garhshankar is about 6.4 km away. Nawanshahr is about 12 km away. Hoshiarpur is about 47 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.