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About Alluwal Village

Alluwal is a small village in Sultanpur Lodhi tehsil, in the district of Kapurthala, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 366, made up of 180 males and 186 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,033 females per 1000 males. The village covers 206.8 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144626, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Alluwal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Alluwal village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Kapurthala
Tehsil Sultanpur Lodhi
Pincode 144626
Area (hectares) 206.8 hectares
Population 366
Male Population 180
Female Population 186
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,033
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Alluwal compares

By the 2011 count Alluwal is the 100th largest of the 175 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 600 residents. Its 206.8 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 923.

Getting to Alluwal

Alluwal is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Alluwal as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ 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 Alluwal from other places

Alluwal lies about 16 km from Kapurthala, and the nearest railway station is Husainpur, about 12 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 Alluwal
Nearest railway station Husainpur 12 km
Nearest town Nakodar 14 km
District headquarters Kapurthala 16 km
Tehsil headquarters Sultanpur Lodhi 22 km

Villages closest to Alluwal

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sultanpur Lodhi 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 Alluwal

As per the Census of India 2011, Alluwal village had a population of 366. That makes it the 100th largest of the 175 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 600 residents.

Alluwal village has 180 males and 186 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Alluwal has about 1033 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 923.

The pincode recorded for Alluwal is 144626. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Alluwal covers 206.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Alluwal falls under Sultanpur Lodhi tehsil of Kapurthala district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Alluwal is Husainpur, about 12 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Alluwal.

Alluwal is about 16 km from Kapurthala in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Alluwal is in Sultanpur Lodhi tehsil of Kapurthala district. Husainpur is about 12 km away. Nakodar is about 14 km away. Kapurthala 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 Baoopur Kadim (3.4 km), Bhim Jadid (3.4 km) and Mand Bandu Jadid (3.4 km).

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

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