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About Parowal Village

Parowal is a mid sized village in Garhshankar tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,253, made up of 646 males and 607 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 940 females per 1000 males. The village covers 158 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144528, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Parowal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Parowal village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Hoshiarpur
Tehsil Garhshankar
Pincode 144528
Area (hectares) 158 hectares
Population 1,253
Male Population 646
Female Population 607
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 940
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Parowal compares

By the 2011 count Parowal is the 83rd largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,022 residents. Its 158 hectares work out to about 7.9 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 961.

Getting to Parowal

Parowal 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 Parowal as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Parowal from other places

Parowal lies about 39 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Garhshankar, about 1.7 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 Parowal
Nearest railway station Garhshankar 1.7 km
Nearest town Nawanshahr 13 km
District headquarters Hoshiarpur 39 km

Villages closest to Parowal

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 Parowal

As per the Census of India 2011, Parowal village had a population of 1,253. That makes it the 83rd largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,022 residents.

Parowal village has 646 males and 607 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Parowal has about 940 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 Parowal is 144528. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Parowal covers 158 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.9 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Parowal falls under Garhshankar tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Parowal is Garhshankar, about 1.7 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 village for Parowal.

Parowal is about 39 km from Hoshiarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Parowal is in Garhshankar tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Garhshankar is about 1.7 km away. Nawanshahr is about 13 km away. Hoshiarpur is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Badowal (under 2 km), Sadhowal (under 2 km) and Bhajjal (under 2 km).

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

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