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About Taluwal Village

Taluwal 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 137 males and 134 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 978 females per 1000 males. The village covers 50 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144214, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Taluwal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Taluwal village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Hoshiarpur
Tehsil Mukerian
Pincode 144214
Area (hectares) 50 hectares
Population 271
Male Population 137
Female Population 134
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 978
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 Taluwal compares

By the 2011 count Taluwal 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 50 hectares work out to about 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 995.

Getting to Taluwal

Taluwal is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Taluwal 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 Taluwal from other places

Taluwal lies about 32 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Khuda Kurala, about 1.8 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 Taluwal
Nearest railway station Khuda Kurala 1.8 km
Nearest town Urmar 7.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Mukerian 24 km
District headquarters Hoshiarpur 32 km

Villages closest to Taluwal

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 Taluwal

As per the Census of India 2011, Taluwal 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.

Taluwal village has 137 males and 134 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Taluwal has about 978 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 995.

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

Taluwal covers 50 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Taluwal falls under Mukerian tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Taluwal is Khuda Kurala, about 1.8 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 Taluwal.

Taluwal is about 32 km from Hoshiarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Taluwal is in Mukerian tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Khuda Kurala is about 1.8 km away. Urmar is about 7.4 km away. Mukerian is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Barota Urf Puro Nangal (3.7 km), Beh Nangal (3.7 km) and Nangal Awana (3.7 km).

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

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