About Aliwal Village

Aliwal is a small village in Shahkot tehsil, in the district of Jalandhar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 359, made up of 193 males and 166 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 860 females per 1000 males. The village covers 125.83 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144629, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Aliwal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Aliwal village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Jalandhar
Tehsil	Shahkot
Pincode	144629
Area (hectares)	125.83 hectares
Population	359
Male Population	193
Female Population	166
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	860
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Aliwal compares

By the 2011 count Aliwal is the 138th largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 806 residents. Its 125.83 hectares work out to about 2.9 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 Aliwal

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

How far is Aliwal from other places

Aliwal lies about 36 km from Jalandhar, and the nearest railway station is Sindhar, about 3.9 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 Aliwal
Nearest railway station	Sindhar	3.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shahkot	9.1 km
Nearest town	Nakodar	20 km
District headquarters	Jalandhar	36 km

Villages closest to Aliwal

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.

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Common questions about Aliwal

As per the Census of India 2011, Aliwal village had a population of 359. That makes it the 138th largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 806 residents.

Aliwal village has 193 males and 166 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Aliwal has about 860 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 Aliwal is 144629. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Aliwal covers 125.83 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Aliwal falls under Shahkot tehsil of Jalandhar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Aliwal is Sindhar, about 3.9 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 village for Aliwal.

Aliwal 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.

Aliwal is in Shahkot tehsil of Jalandhar district. Sindhar is about 3.9 km away. Shahkot is about 9.1 km away. Nakodar is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.