About Diwala Village

Diwala is a mid sized village in Samrala tehsil, in the district of Ludhiana, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,059, made up of 562 males and 497 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 884 females per 1000 males. The village covers 316 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 141417, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Diwala Overview

Census 2011 figures for Diwala village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Ludhiana
Tehsil	Samrala
Pincode	141417
Area (hectares)	316 hectares
Population	1,059
Male Population	562
Female Population	497
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	884
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Diwala compares

By the 2011 count Diwala is the 63rd largest of the 190 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 914 residents. Its 316 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 908.

Getting to Diwala

Diwala is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Diwala as Available within village. 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 Diwala from other places

Diwala lies about 33 km from Ludhiana, and the nearest railway station is Samrala, 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 Diwala
Nearest railway station	Samrala	3.9 km
Nearest town	Khanna	11 km
District headquarters	Ludhiana	33 km

Villages closest to Diwala

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Diwala village had a population of 1,059. That makes it the 63rd largest of the 190 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 914 residents.

Diwala village has 562 males and 497 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Diwala has about 884 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 908.

The pincode recorded for Diwala is 141417. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Diwala covers 316 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Diwala falls under Samrala tehsil of Ludhiana district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Diwala is Samrala, 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Diwala.

Diwala is about 33 km from Ludhiana in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Diwala is in Samrala tehsil of Ludhiana district. Samrala is about 3.9 km away. Khanna is about 11 km away. Ludhiana is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.