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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Hamirowal
| native_name =
| native_name_lang = pan
| settlement_type = Village
| pushpin_map = India Punjab#India
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Punjab, India
| coordinates = {{coord|31.1762047|N|75.9892776|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar district|Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar]]
| government_type = [[Panchayati raj (India)|Panchayat raj]]
| governing_body = [[Gram panchayat]]
| unit_pref = Metric
| elevation_m = 251
| population_footnotes =
| population_total = 515<ref name=census>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=35337|title=Hamirowal Population per Census India|work=[[2011 Census of India]]}}</ref>
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_note = [[Human sex ratio|Sex ratio]] 257/258 [[male|♂]]/[[female|♀]]
| population_demonym =
| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]
| demographics1_title2 =
| demographics1_info2 =
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 144505
| area_code_type = [[Telephone code]]
| area_code = 01823
| iso_code = IN-PB
| registration_plate =
| blank1_name_sec2 = [[Post office]]
| blank1_info_sec2 = Banga<ref>{{cite web|url=http://censusindia.gov.in/2011-villagedirectory/Directory/short_code_rural_03.pdf|title=All India Pincode Directory|work=censusindia.gov.in}}</ref>
| website = {{URL|nawanshahr.nic.in}}
}}

'''Hamirowal''' is a village in [[Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar district]] of [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] [[States and territories of India|State]], India. It is located {{convert|1|km}} away from [[Banga, India|Banga]], {{convert|17|km}} from [[Mukandpur]], {{convert|11|km}} from district headquarter Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar and {{convert|105|km}} from state capital [[Chandigarh]]. The village is administrated by [[Sarpanch]] an elected representative of the village.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nawanshahr.gov.in/Election%20website/DDPO16-09-2013/Elected%20Sarpanches%20Distt.%20SBS%20Nagar2013.pdf|title=List of Sarpanches of Gram Panchayats in SBS Nagar district|work=nawanshahr.gov.in (extract from Punjab Government Gazette)|access-date=28 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170924184443/http://nawanshahr.gov.in/Election%20website/DDPO16-09-2013/Elected%20Sarpanches%20Distt.%20SBS%20Nagar2013.pdf|archive-date=24 September 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Demography ==
As of 2011, Hamirowal has a total number of 117 houses and population of 515 of which 257 include are males while 258 are females according to the report published by [[2011 Census of India|Census India in 2011]]. The [[Literacy|literacy rate]] of Hamirowal is 73.03%, lower than the state average of 75.84%. The population of children under the age of 6 years is 59 which is 11.46% of total population of Hamirowal, and [[child sex ratio]] is approximately 1034 as compared to Punjab state average of 846.<ref name=census /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=103437|title=Child Sex Ratio in India (2001-2011)|work=pib.nic.in}}</ref>

Most of the people are from [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|Schedule Caste]] which constitutes 83.50% of total population in Hamirowal. The town does not have any [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|Schedule Tribe]] population so far.<ref name=census />

As per the report published by Census India in 2011, 178 people were engaged in work activities out of the total population of Hamirowal which includes 157 males and 21 females. According to census survey report 2011, 98.31% workers describe their work as main work and 1.69% workers are involved in Marginal activity providing [[livelihood]] for less than 6 months.<ref name=census /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/0305_PART_B_DCHB%20_SAHID%20BHAGAT%20SINGH%20NAGAR.pdf|title=District Census Handbook SBS Nagar|work=censusindia.gov.in}}</ref>

== Education ==
[[Mukandpur#Amardeep Singh Shergill Memorial College Mukandpur|Amardeep Singh Shergill Memorial college Mukandpur]], Sikh National College Banga and Guru Nanak College of Nursing in [[Dhahan]] are the nearest colleges.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sbsnagarpolice.com/Forms/School%20College%20of%20SBS%20Nagar.pdf|title=List of Schools and Colleges in SBS Nagar district|work=sbsnagarpolice.com}}</ref> [[Lovely Professional University]] is {{convert|32|km}} away from the village.

== Transport ==
Banga railway station is the nearest train station however, [[Garhshankar]] Junction railway station is {{convert|18|km}} away from the village. [[Sahnewal Airport]] is the nearest domestic airport which located {{convert|58|km}} away in [[Ludhiana]] and the nearest international airport is located in Chandigarh also [[Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport]] is the second nearest airport which is {{convert|140|km}} away in [[Amritsar]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.google.co.in/maps/dir/Hamirowal,+Punjab/Banga,+Railway+Road,+Hamirowal,+Punjab/Hamirowal,+Punjab/Garhshankar+Junction,+Garhshankar-Hoshiarpur+Road,+Garhshankar,+Punjab/Hamirowal,+Punjab/Ludhiana+Airport,+Ludhiana,+Punjab/Hamirowal,+Punjab/Sri+Guru+Ram+Dass+Jee+International+Airport,+Ajnala+Rd,+Rajasansi,+Amritsar,+Punjab+143101/@31.2760533,74.9400828,9z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m50!4m49!1m5!1m1!1s0x391a9480084c0d29:0xa701af7dff9409f7!2m2!1d75.9934907!2d31.1767766!1m5!1m1!1s0x391a948751d74e65:0x3b7d607c041a2541!2m2!1d75.999242!2d31.1769381!1m5!1m1!1s0x391a9480084c0d29:0xa701af7dff9409f7!2m2!1d75.9934907!2d31.1767766!1m5!1m1!1s0x391abf70c8ccbed7:0xe1194be2a5ffb5d8!2m2!1d76.1385636!2d31.2240694!1m5!1m1!1s0x391a9480084c0d29:0xa701af7dff9409f7!2m2!1d75.9934907!2d31.1767766!1m5!1m1!1s0x391a83a8f16dc85d:0x4d81be91b95ee708!2m2!1d75.9569956!2d30.8505353!1m5!1m1!1s0x391a9480084c0d29:0xa701af7dff9409f7!2m2!1d75.9934907!2d31.1767766!1m5!1m1!1s0x39196609c25343eb:0x2284aab8b51ba16d!2m2!1d74.8066719!2d31.7055209!3e0|title=Distance from Hamirowal (Multiple routes)|work= Google Map}}</ref>

== See also ==
*[[List of villages in India]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.punjabtourism.gov.in/ Tourism of Punjab]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20180804201629/http://punjabcensus.gov.in/ Census of Punjab]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20161018231343/http://cept.gov.in/lbpsd/placesearch.aspx Locality Based PINCode]

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[[Category:Villages in Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar district]]

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