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About Langewal Village

Langewal is a small village in Shahkot tehsil, in the district of Jalandhar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 262, made up of 134 males and 128 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 955 females per 1000 males. The village covers 84.21 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144703, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Langewal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Langewal village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Jalandhar
Tehsil Shahkot
Pincode 144703
Area (hectares) 84.21 hectares
Population 262
Male Population 134
Female Population 128
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 955
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 Langewal compares

By the 2011 count Langewal is the 155th largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 806 residents. Its 84.21 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 956.

Getting to Langewal

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

Langewal lies about 36 km from Jalandhar, and the nearest railway station is Partabpura, about 4.6 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 Langewal
Nearest railway station Partabpura 4.6 km
Nearest town Phillaur 9.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Shahkot 34 km
District headquarters Jalandhar 36 km

Villages closest to Langewal

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 Langewal

As per the Census of India 2011, Langewal village had a population of 262. That makes it the 155th largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 806 residents.

Langewal village has 134 males and 128 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Langewal has about 955 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 956.

The pincode recorded for Langewal is 144703. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Langewal covers 84.21 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Langewal falls under Shahkot tehsil of Jalandhar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Langewal is Partabpura, about 4.6 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 Langewal.

Langewal is about 36 km from Jalandhar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Langewal is in Shahkot tehsil of Jalandhar district. Partabpura is about 4.6 km away. Phillaur is about 9.5 km away. Shahkot is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Rame (11 km), Talwara (17 km) and Samailpur (18 km).

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

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