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About Duhak Village

Duhak is a mid sized village in Tira Sujanpur tehsil, in the district of Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 521, made up of 251 males and 270 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,076 females per 1000 males. The village covers 368.04 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176111, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Duhak Overview

Census 2011 figures for Duhak village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Hamirpur
Tehsil Tira Sujanpur
Pincode 176111
Area (hectares) 368.04 hectares
Population 521
Male Population 251
Female Population 270
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,076
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Duhak compares

By the 2011 count Duhak is the 17th largest of the 192 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 196 residents. Its 368.04 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1207.

Getting to Duhak

Duhak is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Duhak as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Duhak from other places

Duhak lies about 18 km from Hamirpur, and the nearest railway station is Sulah Himachal Pradesh, about 27 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 Duhak
Tehsil headquarters Tira Sujanpur 6.2 km
District headquarters Hamirpur 18 km
Nearest railway station Sulah Himachal Pradesh 27 km
Nearest town Dharamsala 45 km

Villages closest to Duhak

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

Common questions about Duhak

As per the Census of India 2011, Duhak village had a population of 521. That makes it the 17th largest of the 192 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 196 residents.

Duhak village has 251 males and 270 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Duhak has about 1076 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1207.

The pincode recorded for Duhak is 176111. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Duhak covers 368.04 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Duhak falls under Tira Sujanpur tehsil of Hamirpur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Duhak is Sulah Himachal Pradesh, about 27 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 <5 km distance for Duhak.

Duhak is about 18 km from Hamirpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Duhak is in Tira Sujanpur tehsil of Hamirpur district. Tira Sujanpur is about 6.2 km away. Hamirpur is about 18 km away. Sulah Himachal Pradesh is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jol (under 2 km), Laungni (2.3 km) and Taryamli (3.1 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Duhak today is likely to be higher.

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