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About Doli Kalan Village

Doli Kalan is a small village in Baijnath tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 254, made up of 107 males and 147 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,374 females per 1000 males. The village covers 85.88 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176008, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Doli Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Doli Kalan village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Baijnath
Pincode 176008
Area (hectares) 85.88 hectares
Population 254
Male Population 107
Female Population 147
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,374
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Doli Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Doli Kalan is the 118th largest of the 195 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 482 residents. Its 85.88 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1095.

Getting to Doli Kalan

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

Doli Kalan lies about 12 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Samloti, about 5.7 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 Doli Kalan
Nearest railway station Samloti 5.7 km
District headquarters Kangra 12 km
Nearest town Dharamsala 19 km
Tehsil headquarters Baijnath 25 km

Villages closest to Doli Kalan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Baijnath 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 Doli Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Doli Kalan village had a population of 254. That makes it the 118th largest of the 195 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 482 residents.

Doli Kalan village has 107 males and 147 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Doli Kalan has about 1374 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1095.

The pincode recorded for Doli Kalan is 176008. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Doli Kalan covers 85.88 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Doli Kalan falls under Baijnath tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Doli Kalan is Samloti, about 5.7 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 Doli Kalan.

Doli Kalan is about 12 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Doli Kalan is in Baijnath tehsil of Kangra district. Samloti is about 5.7 km away. Kangra is about 12 km away. Dharamsala is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dhandol (under 2 km), Doli Khurd (under 2 km) and Dhar Bagi (1.8 km).

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

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