About Alawa Village

Alawa is a mid sized village in Pachpahar tehsil, in the district of Jhalawar, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 953, made up of 502 males and 451 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 898 females per 1000 males. The village covers 559.24 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 326502, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Alawa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Alawa village
Description	Value
State	Rajasthan
District	Jhalawar
Tehsil	Pachpahar
Pincode	326502
Area (hectares)	559.24 hectares
Population	953
Male Population	502
Female Population	451
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	898
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 Alawa compares

By the 2011 count Alawa is the 54th largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,055 residents. Its 559.24 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 966.

Getting to Alawa

Alawa is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Alawa 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 Alawa from other places

Alawa lies about 26 km from Jhalawar, and the nearest railway station is Dhuankheri, about 12 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 Alawa
Nearest railway station	Dhuankheri	12 km
Nearest town	Bhawāni Mandi	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Pachpahar	26 km
District headquarters	Jhalawar	26 km

Villages closest to Alawa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Alawa village had a population of 953. That makes it the 54th largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,055 residents.

Alawa village has 502 males and 451 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Alawa has about 898 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 966.

The pincode recorded for Alawa is 326502. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Alawa covers 559.24 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Alawa falls under Pachpahar tehsil of Jhalawar district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Alawa is Dhuankheri, about 12 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 Alawa.

Alawa is about 26 km from Jhalawar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Alawa is in Pachpahar tehsil of Jhalawar district. Dhuankheri is about 12 km away. Bhawāni Mandi is about 16 km away. Pachpahar is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.