Alewa

Alewa
Township
Alewa Location in Haryana, India Show map of Haryana Alewa Alewa (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 29°28′35.994″N 76°27′7.8624″E / 29.47666500°N 76.452184000°E / 29.47666500; 76.452184000
Country	India
State	Haryana
District	Jind district
Government
• Type	Local government
• Body	Panchayat
Area
• Total	31.58 km^2 (12.19 sq mi)
Elevation	230 m (750 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	14,004
• Density	443.4/km^2 (1,149/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Hindi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	126111
Telephone code	01681
Literacy	69.10% (total) 78.41% (male) 58.29% (female)
Sex ratio	860 ♂/♀

Alewa is a town in Jind district, Haryana state, India, with a population of nearly 14,000. The village is the location of many temples. It lies 26 kilometres (16 mi) from Jind in north direction. It is also a tehsil of Jind district. It lies on the Jind to Karnal-Kurukshetra highway. Kush tirth/ramsar tirth at Kuchrana Kalan is a Mahabharata period important religious place. [1]

Demographics

Alewa is sited north east of Jind and has Pillukhera tehsil to its north.

Villages in the tehsil

• Alewa
• Kuchrana Kalan
• Khanda
• Gohiyan
• Dhillowal
• Mandi Khurd
• Hassanpur
• Nagura
• Katwal
• Bighana
• Mohmad Khera
• Dhathrath
• Raichandwala
• pegan
• Durana
• Shamdo
• Chuhadpur
• Kheri Bulanwali

Transportation

Alewa lies on the Jind-Assandh-Karnal road, about 20 km (12 mi) from Jind. There is a bus service every 60 minutes for jind And Assandh.

The nearest railway stations are Jind Junction and Safidon.

See also

• Rohtak

References