About Powat Village

Powat is a large village in Samrala tehsil, in the district of Ludhiana, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,443, made up of 1,255 males and 1,188 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 947 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1670.54 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 141115, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Powat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Powat village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Ludhiana
Tehsil	Samrala
Pincode	141115
Area (hectares)	1670.54 hectares
Population	2,443
Male Population	1,255
Female Population	1,188
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	947
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Powat compares

By the 2011 count Powat is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 914 residents. Its 1670.54 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 908.

Getting to Powat

Powat is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Powat 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Powat from other places

Powat lies about 40 km from Ludhiana, and the nearest railway station is Khamanon, about 11 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 Powat
Nearest town	Māchhīwāra	6.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Samrala	10 km
Nearest railway station	Khamanon	11 km
District headquarters	Ludhiana	40 km

Villages closest to Powat

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 Powat

As per the Census of India 2011, Powat village had a population of 2,443. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 914 residents.

Powat village has 1,255 males and 1,188 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Powat has about 947 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 908.

The pincode recorded for Powat is 141115. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Powat covers 1670.54 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Powat falls under Samrala tehsil of Ludhiana district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Powat is Khamanon, about 11 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 5 - 10 km distance for Powat.

Powat is about 40 km from Ludhiana in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Powat is in Samrala tehsil of Ludhiana district. Māchhīwāra is about 6.9 km away. Samrala is about 10 km away. Khamanon is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.