About Alowal Village

Alowal is a small village in Nawanshahr tehsil, in the district of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 217, made up of 119 males and 98 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 824 females per 1000 males. The village covers 55 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144515, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Alowal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Alowal village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar
Tehsil	Nawanshahr
Pincode	144515
Area (hectares)	55 hectares
Population	217
Male Population	119
Female Population	98
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	824
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Alowal compares

By the 2011 count Alowal is the 249th largest of the 272 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,187 residents. Its 55 hectares work out to about 3.9 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 975.

Getting to Alowal

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

Alowal lies about 18 km from Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar, and the nearest railway station is Rahon, 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 Alowal
Nearest town	Bālāchor	8.8 km
Nearest railway station	Rahon	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nawanshahr	14 km
District headquarters	Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar	18 km

Villages closest to Alowal

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 Alowal

As per the Census of India 2011, Alowal village had a population of 217. That makes it the 249th largest of the 272 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,187 residents.

Alowal village has 119 males and 98 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Alowal has about 824 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 975.

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

Alowal covers 55 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Alowal is Rahon, about 11 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 10+ km distance for Alowal.

Alowal is about 18 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.

Alowal is in Nawanshahr tehsil of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district. Bālāchor is about 8.8 km away. Rahon is about 11 km away. Nawanshahr is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.