About D P F Kharal Village

D P F Kharal is a small village in Dhatwal tehsil, in the district of Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 147, made up of 70 males and 77 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,100 females per 1000 males. The village covers 47.26 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176042, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

D P F Kharal Overview

Census 2011 figures for D P F Kharal village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Hamirpur
Tehsil	Dhatwal
Pincode	176042
Area (hectares)	47.26 hectares
Population	147
Male Population	70
Female Population	77
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,100
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How D P F Kharal compares

By the 2011 count D P F Kharal is the 83rd largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 299 residents. Its 47.26 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1186.

Getting to D P F Kharal

D P F Kharal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for D P F Kharal 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 D P F Kharal from other places

D P F Kharal lies about 44 km from Hamirpur, and the nearest railway station is Kiratpur Sahib, about 40 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 D P F Kharal
Nearest town	Sundarnagar	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dhatwal	32 km
Nearest railway station	Kiratpur Sahib	40 km
District headquarters	Hamirpur	44 km

Villages closest to D P F Kharal

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dhatwal 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 D P F Kharal

As per the Census of India 2011, D P F Kharal village had a population of 147. That makes it the 83rd largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 299 residents.

D P F Kharal village has 70 males and 77 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, D P F Kharal has about 1100 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1186.

The pincode recorded for D P F Kharal is 176042. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

D P F Kharal covers 47.26 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

D P F Kharal falls under Dhatwal tehsil of Hamirpur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to D P F Kharal is Kiratpur Sahib, about 40 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 D P F Kharal.

D P F Kharal is about 44 km from Hamirpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

D P F Kharal is in Dhatwal tehsil of Hamirpur district. Sundarnagar is about 12 km away. Dhatwal is about 32 km away. Kiratpur Sahib is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.