About Kanganwal Village

Kanganwal is a small village in Ludhiana East tehsil, in the district of Ludhiana, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 421, made up of 234 males and 187 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 799 females per 1000 males. The village covers 244 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 141017, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kanganwal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kanganwal village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Ludhiana
Tehsil	Ludhiana East
Pincode	141017
Area (hectares)	244 hectares
Population	421
Male Population	234
Female Population	187
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	799
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kanganwal compares

By the 2011 count Kanganwal is the 149th largest of the 180 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,543 residents. Its 244 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 893.

Getting to Kanganwal

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

How far is Kanganwal from other places

Kanganwal lies about 9.9 km from Ludhiana, and the nearest railway station is Dhandarikalan, about 3.3 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 Kanganwal
Nearest railway station	Dhandarikalan	3.3 km
Nearest town	Sānehwāl	5.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ludhiana East	9.9 km
District headquarters	Ludhiana	9.9 km

Villages closest to Kanganwal

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Ludhiana East 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 Kanganwal

As per the Census of India 2011, Kanganwal village had a population of 421. That makes it the 149th largest of the 180 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,543 residents.

Kanganwal village has 234 males and 187 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kanganwal has about 799 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 893.

The pincode recorded for Kanganwal is 141017. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kanganwal covers 244 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kanganwal falls under Ludhiana East tehsil of Ludhiana district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Kanganwal is Dhandarikalan, about 3.3 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 village for Kanganwal.

Kanganwal is about 9.9 km from Ludhiana in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kanganwal is in Ludhiana East tehsil of Ludhiana district. Dhandarikalan is about 3.3 km away. Sānehwāl is about 5.6 km away. Ludhiana East is about 9.9 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.