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About Danewal Village

Danewal is a mid sized village in Shahkot tehsil, in the district of Jalandhar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,172, made up of 628 males and 544 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 866 females per 1000 males. The village covers 397 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144041, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Danewal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Danewal village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Jalandhar
Tehsil Shahkot
Pincode 144041
Area (hectares) 397 hectares
Population 1,172
Male Population 628
Female Population 544
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 866
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Danewal compares

By the 2011 count Danewal is the 36th largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 806 residents. Its 397 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 956.

Getting to Danewal

Danewal is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Danewal as Available within 5 - 10 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Danewal from other places

Danewal lies about 40 km from Jalandhar, and the nearest railway station is Malsian Shahkot, about 11 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 Danewal
Tehsil headquarters Shahkot 8.6 km
Nearest railway station Malsian Shahkot 11 km
Nearest town Nakodar 16 km
District headquarters Jalandhar 40 km

Villages closest to Danewal

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Shahkot 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 Danewal

As per the Census of India 2011, Danewal village had a population of 1,172. That makes it the 36th largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 806 residents.

Danewal village has 628 males and 544 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Danewal has about 866 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 956.

The pincode recorded for Danewal is 144041. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Danewal covers 397 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Danewal falls under Shahkot tehsil of Jalandhar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Danewal is Malsian Shahkot, about 11 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 <5 km distance for Danewal.

Danewal is about 40 km from Jalandhar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Danewal is in Shahkot tehsil of Jalandhar district. Shahkot is about 8.6 km away. Malsian Shahkot is about 11 km away. Nakodar is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gehlan (under 2 km), Parjian Khurd (1.8 km) and Sand (2.0 km).

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

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