About Golewal Village

Golewal is a mid sized village in Garhshankar tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 523, made up of 276 males and 247 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 895 females per 1000 males. The village covers 141 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144532, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Golewal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Golewal village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Hoshiarpur
Tehsil	Garhshankar
Pincode	144532
Area (hectares)	141 hectares
Population	523
Male Population	276
Female Population	247
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	895
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Golewal compares

By the 2011 count Golewal is the 206th largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,022 residents. Its 141 hectares work out to about 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 961.

Getting to Golewal

Golewal is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Golewal as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Golewal from other places

Golewal lies about 47 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Alachor, 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 Golewal
Nearest railway station	Alachor	under 2 km
Nearest town	Nawanshahr	4.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Garhshankar	5.8 km
District headquarters	Hoshiarpur	47 km

Villages closest to Golewal

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 Golewal

As per the Census of India 2011, Golewal village had a population of 523. That makes it the 206th largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,022 residents.

Golewal village has 276 males and 247 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Golewal has about 895 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 Golewal is 144532. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Golewal covers 141 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Golewal falls under Garhshankar tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Golewal is Alachor, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Golewal.

Golewal 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.

Golewal is in Garhshankar tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Alachor is about under 2 km away. Nawanshahr is about 4.8 km away. Garhshankar is about 5.8 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.