# Sadhowal Village, Garhshankar, Hoshiarpur (Punjab) – PIN Code

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Village · Garhshankar, Hoshiarpur 

# Sadhowal

Sadhowal is a village in Garhshankar sub-district of Hoshiarpur district, Punjab, PIN code **144528**. The 2011 Census counted **907 people in 182 households**, the 141st largest of 296 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 81.7%.

- 907people (2011)
- 182households
- 84.5%literacy
- 144528PIN code

## Sadhowal PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Sadhowal is 144528.** Sadhowal falls in Garhshankar sub-district, Hoshiarpur district, Punjab.

- PIN code144528
- Gram panchayatSadhowal
- Community development blockGarhshankar
- Census village code031996

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

## How far is Sadhowal from nearby towns?

- Garhshankar (sub-district HQ)6 km by road
- Hoshiarpur (district HQ)36 km by road
- Garhshankar (nearest town)2 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 Sadhowal?

13 services counted by the Census are inside Sadhowal; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Alternative medicine hospitalIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Garhshankar
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Garhahankar
- ○ITI / vocational schoolunder 5 km · Garhshankar
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)12 h summer · 15 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 Sadhowal known for?

The main crops are **wheat**. About 92% of the 151 hectares of village land is sown, and 139 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 Sadhowal

Of every 100 households in Sadhowal in 2011, 99 had electricity, 81 a toilet at home and 50 cooked with LPG; 84 had a mobile phone, 42 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Sadhowal · ■ Garhshankar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****99%**

**98%

Toilet within the home ****81%**

**62%

No toilet (open defecation) ****19%**

**38%

Tap water ****89%**

**67%

Drinking water within premises ****88%**

**82%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****50%**

**45%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****50%**

**52%

Use banking services ****82%**

**84%

Television ****78%**

**86%

Mobile phone ****84%**

**77%

Computer with internet ****3%**

**3%

Two-wheeler ****42%**

**47%

Car / jeep / van ****5%**

**9%

None of these assets ****0%**

**4%

Own their home ****92%**

**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 Sadhowal?

■ Sadhowal · ■ Garhshankar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.5%**

**81.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****918**

**970

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****695**

**890

Working population ****36.8%**

**32.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.4% for men and 79.4% for women. 50% of men and 22% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 39 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 20 (6%) · **■** Household industry 12 (4%) · **■** Other work 161 (48%) · **■** Marginal 102 (31%)

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 Garhshankar

- Purkhowal944 people
- Sarhala Khurd944 people
- Pandori Ladha Singh938 people
- Mehtabpur917 people
- Barapur901 people
- Alipur899 people
- Thana899 people
- Nangal894 people

[All 297 villages in Garhshankar](https://wherepedia.org/india/punjab/hoshiarpur/garhshankar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Sadhowal?144528
- How far is Sadhowal from Hoshiarpur?36 km by road
- What is the population of Sadhowal?907 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sadhowal in?Hoshiarpur district (Garhshankar sub-district), Punjab
- What is the literacy rate of Sadhowal?84.5% (Census 2011)