About Nilowal Village

Nilowal 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 610, made up of 318 males and 292 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 918 females per 1000 males. The village covers 278 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144517, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Nilowal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Nilowal village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar
Tehsil	Nawanshahr
Pincode	144517
Area (hectares)	278 hectares
Population	610
Male Population	318
Female Population	292
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	918
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 Nilowal compares

By the 2011 count Nilowal is the 201st largest of the 272 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,187 residents. Its 278 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 975.

Getting to Nilowal

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

Nilowal lies about 12 km from Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar, and the nearest railway station is Rahon, about 4.7 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 Nilowal
Nearest railway station	Rahon	4.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nawanshahr	10 km
District headquarters	Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar	12 km

Villages closest to Nilowal

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 Nilowal

As per the Census of India 2011, Nilowal village had a population of 610. That makes it the 201st largest of the 272 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,187 residents.

Nilowal village has 318 males and 292 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Nilowal has about 918 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 975.

The pincode recorded for Nilowal is 144517. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Nilowal covers 278 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Nilowal is Rahon, about 4.7 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 Nilowal.

Nilowal is about 12 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.

Nilowal is in Nawanshahr tehsil of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district. Rahon is about 4.7 km away. Nawanshahr is about 10 km away. Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.