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About Beh Mawa Village

Beh Mawa is a mid sized village in Mukerian tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 928, made up of 461 males and 467 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,013 females per 1000 males. The village covers 279 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144216, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Beh Mawa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Beh Mawa village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Hoshiarpur
Tehsil Mukerian
Pincode 144216
Area (hectares) 279 hectares
Population 928
Male Population 461
Female Population 467
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,013
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Beh Mawa compares

By the 2011 count Beh Mawa is the 93rd largest of the 295 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 908 residents. Its 279 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 995.

Getting to Beh Mawa

Beh Mawa 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 Beh Mawa 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 Beh Mawa from other places

Beh Mawa lies about 44 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Unchi Bassi, about 13 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 Beh Mawa
Nearest town Talwāra 12 km
Nearest railway station Unchi Bassi 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Mukerian 15 km
District headquarters Hoshiarpur 44 km

Villages closest to Beh Mawa

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Mukerian 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 Beh Mawa

As per the Census of India 2011, Beh Mawa village had a population of 928. That makes it the 93rd largest of the 295 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 908 residents.

Beh Mawa village has 461 males and 467 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Beh Mawa has about 1013 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 995.

The pincode recorded for Beh Mawa is 144216. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Beh Mawa covers 279 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Beh Mawa falls under Mukerian tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Beh Mawa is Unchi Bassi, about 13 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 Beh Mawa.

Beh Mawa is about 44 km from Hoshiarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Beh Mawa is in Mukerian tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Talwāra is about 12 km away. Unchi Bassi is about 13 km away. Mukerian is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mawa (under 2 km), Jugial (3.1 km) and Passi Karoro (3.4 km).

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

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