About Nanowal Village

Nanowal 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 528, made up of 279 males and 249 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 892 females per 1000 males. The village covers 205 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144521, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Nanowal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Nanowal village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar
Tehsil	Balachaur
Pincode	144521
Area (hectares)	205 hectares
Population	528
Male Population	279
Female Population	249
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	892
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 Nanowal compares

By the 2011 count Nanowal is the 111th largest of the 175 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 872 residents. Its 205 hectares work out to about 2.6 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 937.

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 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 38 km from Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar, and the nearest railway station is Khamanon, about 5.6 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 railway station	Khamanon	5.6 km
Nearest town	Māchhīwāra	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Balachaur	23 km
District headquarters	Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar	38 km

Villages closest to Nanowal

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 Nanowal

As per the Census of India 2011, Nanowal village had a population of 528. That makes it the 111th largest of the 175 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 872 residents.

Nanowal village has 279 males and 249 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Nanowal has about 892 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 Nanowal is 144521. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Nanowal covers 205 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Nanowal is Khamanon, about 5.6 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 Nanowal.

Nanowal is about 38 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.

Nanowal is in Balachaur tehsil of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district. Khamanon is about 5.6 km away. Māchhīwāra is about 12 km away. Balachaur is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.