About Jalwaha Village

Jalwaha is a mid sized village in Nawanshahr tehsil, in the district of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 810, made up of 405 males and 405 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 306 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144515, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jalwaha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jalwaha village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar
Tehsil	Nawanshahr
Pincode	144515
Area (hectares)	306 hectares
Population	810
Male Population	405
Female Population	405
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Jalwaha compares

By the 2011 count Jalwaha is the 179th largest of the 272 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,187 residents. Its 306 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 975.

Getting to Jalwaha

Jalwaha is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Jalwaha as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Jalwaha from other places

Jalwaha lies about 15 km from Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar, and the nearest railway station is Rahon, about 8.2 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 Jalwaha
Nearest railway station	Rahon	8.2 km
Nearest town	Bālāchor	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nawanshahr	12 km
District headquarters	Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar	15 km

Villages closest to Jalwaha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Jalwaha village had a population of 810. That makes it the 179th largest of the 272 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,187 residents.

Jalwaha village has 405 males and 405 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jalwaha has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 975.

The pincode recorded for Jalwaha is 144515. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jalwaha covers 306 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Jalwaha falls under Nawanshahr tehsil of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Jalwaha is Rahon, about 8.2 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 village for Jalwaha.

Jalwaha is about 15 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.

Jalwaha is in Nawanshahr tehsil of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district. Rahon is about 8.2 km away. Bālāchor is about 11 km away. Nawanshahr is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.