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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
RANBIR SINGH
Contact: 89****3999
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- LGD code
- 31020
- Pincode
- 144306
- Post office
- Bhangala
- Population
- 1,772
- Households
- 359
- Literacy rate
- 75.5%
- Sex ratio
- 995 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 496
Census 2011 · in context
How Behbowal (224) compares
By population, Behbowal (224) ranks #19 of 266 villages in Dasua mandal.
Literacy rate
%
75.5%
+0.2% vs mandal average
- Behbowal (224)
- 75.5%
- Dasua mandal
- 75.3%
- Hoshiarpur district
- 75.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
995
+9 vs mandal average
- Behbowal (224)
- 995
- Dasua mandal
- 986
Household size
people per home
4.9
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Behbowal (224)
- 4.9
- Dasua mandal
- 4.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Behbowal (224) at a glance
Behbowal (224) is a village of 1,772 people in 359 households (Census 2011) in Dasua tehsil, Hoshiarpur district, Punjab, the 19th-largest of 266 villages in Dasua tehsil. Literacy is 76%, about the same as the tehsil average of 75% and the sex ratio is 995 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 144306, served by Bhangala post office; the LGD village code is 31020. The sarpanch is RANBIR SINGH. The population is estimated at 2,089 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Behbowal (224)
- LGD code
- 31020
- Pincode
- 144306
- Post office
- Bhangala
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,772
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,089
- Households
- 359
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 995
- Literacy rate
- 75.5%
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- RANBIR SINGH
- Block / Mandal
- Dasua
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Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-19
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)