# Raja Kalan Village, Dasua, Hoshiarpur (Punjab) – PIN Code

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Village · Dasua, Hoshiarpur 

# Raja Kalan

Raja Kalan is a village in Dasua sub-district of Hoshiarpur district, Punjab, PIN code **144207**. The 2011 Census counted **622 people in 122 households**, the 175th largest of 379 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 92.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 83.9%.

- 622people (2011)
- 122households
- 92.8%literacy
- 144207PIN code

## Raja Kalan PIN code and other codes

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

- PIN code144207
- Gram panchayatRaja--Kalan
- Community development blockBhunga
- Census village code030834

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

## How far is Raja Kalan from nearby towns?

- Dasua (sub-district HQ)10 km by road
- Hoshiarpur (district HQ)32 km by road
- Dasua (nearest town)10 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 Raja Kalan?

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

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Gardhiwalaa
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Gardhiwala
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Shahpur
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)18 h summer · 16 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 Raja Kalan known for?

The main crops are **wheat**. About 79% of the 77 hectares of village land is sown, and 61 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 Raja Kalan

Of every 100 households in Raja Kalan in 2011, 97 had electricity, 50 a toilet at home and 26 cooked with LPG; 72 had a mobile phone, 57 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Raja Kalan · ■ Dasua rural average

Electricity for lighting ****97%**

**97%

Toilet within the home ****50%**

**61%

No toilet (open defecation) ****50%**

**38%

Tap water ****4%**

**24%

Drinking water within premises ****93%**

**89%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****26%**

**63%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****74%**

**35%

Use banking services ****100%**

**85%

Television ****88%**

**88%

Mobile phone ****72%**

**78%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**3%

Two-wheeler ****57%**

**55%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**10%

None of these assets ****2%**

**3%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Raja Kalan?

■ Raja Kalan · ■ Dasua rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****92.8%**

**83.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1006**

**981

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****692**

**827

Working population ****28.3%**

**30.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 95.6% for men and 90.2% for women. 47% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 28 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 20 (11%) · **■** Other work 111 (63%) · **■** Marginal 17 (10%)

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

- Malhewal627 people
- Gill626 people
- Baghiari625 people
- Duggal Dawa Khri625 people
- Sarhala622 people
- Tund615 people
- Rajpur609 people
- Fatehgarh607 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Raja Kalan?144207
- How far is Raja Kalan from Hoshiarpur?32 km by road
- What is the population of Raja Kalan?622 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Raja Kalan in?Hoshiarpur district (Dasua sub-district), Punjab
- What is the literacy rate of Raja Kalan?92.8% (Census 2011)
