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About Rawal Pindi Village

Rawal Pindi is a small village in Garhshankar tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 175, made up of 100 males and 75 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 750 females per 1000 males. The village covers 102 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144527, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Rawal Pindi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rawal Pindi village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Hoshiarpur
Tehsil Garhshankar
Pincode 144527
Area (hectares) 102 hectares
Population 175
Male Population 100
Female Population 75
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 750
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 Rawal Pindi compares

By the 2011 count Rawal Pindi is the 267th largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,022 residents. Its 102 hectares work out to about 1.7 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 Rawal Pindi

The census records public bus service for Rawal Pindi 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 Rawal Pindi from other places

Rawal Pindi lies about 41 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Garhshankar, about 1.6 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 Rawal Pindi
Nearest railway station Garhshankar 1.6 km
Nearest town Nawanshahr 10 km
District headquarters Hoshiarpur 41 km

Villages closest to Rawal Pindi

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 Rawal Pindi

As per the Census of India 2011, Rawal Pindi village had a population of 175. That makes it the 267th largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,022 residents.

Rawal Pindi village has 100 males and 75 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rawal Pindi has about 750 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 Rawal Pindi is 144527. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Rawal Pindi covers 102 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Rawal Pindi falls under Garhshankar tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Rawal Pindi is Garhshankar, about 1.6 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 Rawal Pindi.

Rawal Pindi is about 41 km from Hoshiarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rawal Pindi is in Garhshankar tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Garhshankar is about 1.6 km away. Nawanshahr is about 10 km away. Hoshiarpur is about 41 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Fatehpur (under 2 km), Fatehpur Kalan (under 2 km) and Mohanwal (under 2 km).

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

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