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About Kallowal Village

Kallowal is a small village in Mukerian tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 271, made up of 131 males and 140 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,069 females per 1000 males. The village covers 95 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144306, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kallowal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kallowal village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Hoshiarpur
Tehsil Mukerian
Pincode 144306
Area (hectares) 95 hectares
Population 271
Male Population 131
Female Population 140
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,069
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Kallowal compares

By the 2011 count Kallowal is the 261st largest of the 295 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 908 residents. Its 95 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 995.

Getting to Kallowal

Kallowal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kallowal as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kallowal from other places

Kallowal lies about 46 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Unchi Bassi, about 7.0 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 Kallowal
Nearest railway station Unchi Bassi 7.0 km
Nearest town Dasūya 7.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Mukerian 14 km
District headquarters Hoshiarpur 46 km

Villages closest to Kallowal

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 Kallowal

As per the Census of India 2011, Kallowal village had a population of 271. That makes it the 261st largest of the 295 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 908 residents.

Kallowal village has 131 males and 140 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kallowal has about 1069 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 995.

The pincode recorded for Kallowal is 144306. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kallowal covers 95 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kallowal falls under Mukerian tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Kallowal is Unchi Bassi, about 7.0 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

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

Kallowal is about 46 km from Hoshiarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kallowal is in Mukerian tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Unchi Bassi is about 7.0 km away. Dasūya is about 7.7 km away. Mukerian is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sudhari (under 2 km), Dhanoya (6.3 km) and Rajpur (6.4 km).

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

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