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About Talwandi Kalan Village

Talwandi Kalan is a mid sized village in Mukerian tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 763, made up of 380 males and 383 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,008 females per 1000 males. The village covers 187 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144214, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Talwandi Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Talwandi Kalan village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Hoshiarpur
Tehsil Mukerian
Pincode 144214
Area (hectares) 187 hectares
Population 763
Male Population 380
Female Population 383
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,008
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 Talwandi Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Talwandi Kalan is the 126th largest of the 295 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 908 residents. Its 187 hectares work out to about 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 995.

Getting to Talwandi Kalan

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

Talwandi Kalan lies about 32 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Tanda Urmar, about 4.2 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 Talwandi Kalan
Nearest railway station Tanda Urmar 4.2 km
Nearest town Urmar 4.8 km
District headquarters Hoshiarpur 32 km
Tehsil headquarters Mukerian 34 km

Villages closest to Talwandi Kalan

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 Talwandi Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Talwandi Kalan village had a population of 763. That makes it the 126th largest of the 295 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 908 residents.

Talwandi Kalan village has 380 males and 383 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Talwandi Kalan has about 1008 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 995.

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

Talwandi Kalan covers 187 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Talwandi Kalan falls under Mukerian tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Talwandi Kalan is Tanda Urmar, about 4.2 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 Talwandi Kalan.

Talwandi Kalan 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.

Talwandi Kalan is in Mukerian tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Tanda Urmar is about 4.2 km away. Urmar is about 4.8 km away. Hoshiarpur is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Aulia (3.2 km), Chak Sheru (8.9 km) and Gawal Chak Jassu (8.9 km).

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

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