Rawal is a village in Kapurthala district of

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, India. It is located from

Kapurthala Kapurthala () is a city in Punjab state of India. It is the administrative headquarters of Kapurthala District. It was the capital of the Kapurthala State, a princely state in British India. The aesthetic mix of the city with its prominent b ...

, which is both the district and sub-district headquarters of Rawal. The village is administrated by a

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who is an

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of village as per the

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and

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Demography

According to the report published by

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in 2011, Rawal has 142 houses with a total population of 635 persons, of which 337 are male and 298 female. The

literacy Literacy is the ability to read and write, while illiteracy refers to an inability to read and write. Some researchers suggest that the study of "literacy" as a concept can be divided into two periods: the period before 1950, when literacy was ...

rate of Rawal is 90.43%, higher than the state average of 75.84%. The population of children in the age group 0–6 years is 81, which is 12.76% of the total population. The child sex ratio is approximately 653, lower than the state average of 846.

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Villages in Kapurthala

Villages in Kapurthala district {{Kapurthala-geo-stub