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About Haluwal Village

Haluwal is a mid sized village in Garhshankar tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,152, made up of 582 males and 570 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 979 females per 1000 males. The village covers 239 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144214, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Haluwal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Haluwal village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Hoshiarpur
Tehsil Garhshankar
Pincode 144214
Area (hectares) 239 hectares
Population 1,152
Male Population 582
Female Population 570
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 979
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 Haluwal compares

By the 2011 count Haluwal is the 97th largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,022 residents. Its 239 hectares work out to about 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 961.

Getting to Haluwal

The census records public bus service for Haluwal 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 Haluwal from other places

Haluwal lies about 24 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Mahngarwal Doaba, about 4.6 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 Haluwal
Nearest railway station Mahngarwal Doaba 4.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Garhshankar 18 km
Nearest town Banga 21 km
District headquarters Hoshiarpur 24 km

Villages closest to Haluwal

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 Haluwal

As per the Census of India 2011, Haluwal village had a population of 1,152. That makes it the 97th largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,022 residents.

Haluwal village has 582 males and 570 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Haluwal has about 979 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 961.

The pincode recorded for Haluwal is 144214. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Haluwal covers 239 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Haluwal falls under Garhshankar tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Haluwal is Mahngarwal Doaba, about 4.6 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 Haluwal.

Haluwal is about 24 km from Hoshiarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Haluwal is in Garhshankar tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Mahngarwal Doaba is about 4.6 km away. Garhshankar is about 18 km away. Banga is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Alamwal (under 2 km), Kaharpur (under 2 km) and Ghamiala (1.7 km).

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

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