About Bagowal Village

Bagowal is a mid sized village in Balachaur tehsil, in the district of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,719, made up of 917 males and 802 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 875 females per 1000 males. The village covers 466 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144522, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bagowal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bagowal village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar
Tehsil	Balachaur
Pincode	144522
Area (hectares)	466 hectares
Population	1,719
Male Population	917
Female Population	802
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	875
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bagowal compares

By the 2011 count Bagowal is the 20th largest of the 175 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 872 residents. Its 466 hectares work out to about 3.7 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 937.

Getting to Bagowal

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

How far is Bagowal from other places

Bagowal lies about 45 km from Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar, 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 Bagowal
Nearest railway station	Bharatgarh	5.9 km
Nearest town	Ropar	18 km
Tehsil headquarters	Balachaur	24 km
District headquarters	Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar	45 km

Villages closest to Bagowal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bagowal village had a population of 1,719. That makes it the 20th largest of the 175 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 872 residents.

Bagowal village has 917 males and 802 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bagowal has about 875 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 937.

The pincode recorded for Bagowal is 144522. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bagowal covers 466 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bagowal falls under Balachaur tehsil of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Bagowal is Bharatgarh, about 5.9 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Bagowal.

Bagowal is about 45 km from Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bagowal is in Balachaur tehsil of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district. Bharatgarh is about 5.9 km away. Ropar is about 18 km away. Balachaur is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.