About Bhagowal Village

Bhagowal is a small village in Chamkaur Sahib tehsil, in the district of Rupnagar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 480, made up of 279 males and 201 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 720 females per 1000 males. The village covers 100 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 140013, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bhagowal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bhagowal village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Rupnagar
Tehsil	Chamkaur Sahib
Pincode	140013
Area (hectares)	100 hectares
Population	480
Male Population	279
Female Population	201
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	720
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 Bhagowal compares

By the 2011 count Bhagowal is the 106th largest of the 176 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 752 residents. Its 100 hectares work out to about 4.8 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 892.

Getting to Bhagowal

Bhagowal is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Bhagowal 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 Bhagowal from other places

Bhagowal lies about 18 km from Rupnagar, and the nearest railway station is Bharatgarh, about 5.9 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 Bhagowal
Nearest railway station	Bharatgarh	5.9 km
District headquarters	Rupnagar	18 km
Nearest town	Ropar	18 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chamkaur Sahib	29 km

Villages closest to Bhagowal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bhagowal village had a population of 480. That makes it the 106th largest of the 176 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 752 residents.

Bhagowal village has 279 males and 201 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bhagowal has about 720 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 892.

The pincode recorded for Bhagowal is 140013. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bhagowal covers 100 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bhagowal falls under Chamkaur Sahib tehsil of Rupnagar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Bhagowal is Bharatgarh, about 5.9 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Bhagowal.

Bhagowal is about 18 km from Rupnagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bhagowal is in Chamkaur Sahib tehsil of Rupnagar district. Bharatgarh is about 5.9 km away. Rupnagar is about 18 km away. Ropar is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.