About Dughar Village

Dughar is a mid sized village in Bhalai tehsil, in the district of Chamba, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 608, made up of 308 males and 300 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 974 females per 1000 males. The village covers 158.97 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176308, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dughar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dughar village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Chamba
Tehsil	Bhalai
Pincode	176308
Area (hectares)	158.97 hectares
Population	608
Male Population	308
Female Population	300
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	974
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dughar compares

By the 2011 count Dughar is the 7th largest of the 78 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 325 residents. Its 158.97 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1020.

Getting to Dughar

Dughar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Dughar as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Dughar from other places

Dughar lies about 11 km from Chamba, and the nearest railway station is Nurpur Road, about 43 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Dughar
Tehsil headquarters	Bhalai	4.3 km
District headquarters	Chamba	11 km
Nearest railway station	Nurpur Road	43 km

Villages closest to Dughar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bhalai tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Dughar

As per the Census of India 2011, Dughar village had a population of 608. That makes it the 7th largest of the 78 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 325 residents.

Dughar village has 308 males and 300 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dughar has about 974 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1020.

The pincode recorded for Dughar is 176308. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dughar covers 158.97 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dughar falls under Bhalai tehsil of Chamba district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Dughar is Nurpur Road, about 43 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Dughar.

Dughar is about 11 km from Chamba in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dughar is in Bhalai tehsil of Chamba district. Bhalai is about 4.3 km away. Chamba is about 11 km away. Nurpur Road is about 43 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.