About Nanowal Village

Nanowal is a small village in Anandpur Sahib tehsil, in the district of Rupnagar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 427, made up of 242 males and 185 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 764 females per 1000 males. The village covers 118 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 140123, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Nanowal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Nanowal village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Rupnagar
Tehsil	Anandpur Sahib
Pincode	140123
Area (hectares)	118 hectares
Population	427
Male Population	242
Female Population	185
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	764
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Nanowal compares

By the 2011 count Nanowal is the 145th largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 945 residents. Its 118 hectares work out to about 3.6 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 947.

Getting to Nanowal

Nanowal is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Nanowal 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Nanowal from other places

Nanowal lies about 17 km from Rupnagar, and the nearest railway station is Ghanauli, 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 Nanowal
Nearest town	Baddi	10 km
Nearest railway station	Ghanauli	11 km
District headquarters	Rupnagar	17 km
Tehsil headquarters	Anandpur Sahib	32 km

Villages closest to Nanowal

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Anandpur Sahib 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 Nanowal

As per the Census of India 2011, Nanowal village had a population of 427. That makes it the 145th largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 945 residents.

Nanowal village has 242 males and 185 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Nanowal has about 764 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 947.

The pincode recorded for Nanowal is 140123. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Nanowal covers 118 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Nanowal falls under Anandpur Sahib tehsil of Rupnagar district in Punjab.

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

Nanowal is about 17 km from Rupnagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Nanowal is in Anandpur Sahib tehsil of Rupnagar district. Baddi is about 10 km away. Ghanauli is about 11 km away. Rupnagar is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.