# Pakhowal Village, Dasua, Hoshiarpur (Punjab) – PIN Code

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Village · Dasua, Hoshiarpur 

# Pakhowal

Pakhowal is a village in Dasua sub-district of Hoshiarpur district, Punjab, PIN code **144207**. The 2011 Census counted **384 people in 71 households**, the 267th largest of 379 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 83.9%.

- 384people (2011)
- 71households
- 86.6%literacy
- 144207PIN code

## Pakhowal PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Pakhowal is 144207.** Pakhowal falls in Dasua sub-district, Hoshiarpur district, Punjab.

- PIN code144207
- Gram panchayatPakhowal
- Community development blockBhunga
- Census village code030893

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Pakhowal from nearby towns?

- Dasua (sub-district HQ)15 km by road
- Hoshiarpur (district HQ)30 km by road
- Urmar Tanda (nearest town)5 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Pakhowal?

8 services counted by the Census are inside Pakhowal; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●Public libraryIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary schoolunder 5 km · Machhian
- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Dasua
- ○Degree college10+ km · Hoshiarpur
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Hoshiarpur
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water and hand pumps
- Electricity (2011)18 h summer · 18 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Pakhowal known for?

The main crops are **wheat**. About 80% of the 55 hectares of village land is sown, and 39 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Pakhowal

Of every 100 households in Pakhowal in 2011, 100 had electricity, 66 a toilet at home and 83 cooked with LPG; 88 had a mobile phone, 66 a two-wheeler and 15 a car.

■ Pakhowal · ■ Dasua rural average

Electricity for lighting ****100%**

**97%

Toilet within the home ****66%**

**61%

No toilet (open defecation) ****34%**

**38%

Tap water ****3%**

**24%

Drinking water within premises ****92%**

**89%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****83%**

**63%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****17%**

**35%

Use banking services ****95%**

**85%

Television ****91%**

**88%

Mobile phone ****88%**

**78%

Computer with internet ****3%**

**3%

Two-wheeler ****66%**

**55%

Car / jeep / van ****15%**

**10%

None of these assets ****5%**

**3%

Own their home ****97%**

**96%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Pakhowal?

■ Pakhowal · ■ Dasua rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****86.6%**

**83.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****920**

**981

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****481**

**827

Working population ****32.6%**

**30.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.2% for men and 83.0% for women. 48% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 5 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (2%) · **■** Other work 23 (18%) · **■** Marginal 95 (76%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Dasua

- Bagol Khurd390 people
- Sehge387 people
- Chak Nurali386 people
- Jia Natha384 people
- Jakowal383 people
- Neknama Sanso377 people
- Mahdipur374 people
- Badial370 people

[All 398 villages in Dasua](https://wherepedia.org/india/punjab/hoshiarpur/dasua/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Pakhowal?144207
- How far is Pakhowal from Hoshiarpur?30 km by road
- What is the population of Pakhowal?384 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pakhowal in?Hoshiarpur district (Dasua sub-district), Punjab
- What is the literacy rate of Pakhowal?86.6% (Census 2011)