About Samdol Village

Samdol is a mid sized village in Dera Gopipur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 512, made up of 256 males and 256 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 115.95 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 177104, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Samdol Overview

Census 2011 figures for Samdol village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Dera Gopipur
Pincode	177104
Area (hectares)	115.95 hectares
Population	512
Male Population	256
Female Population	256
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Samdol compares

By the 2011 count Samdol is the 81st largest of the 274 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 416 residents. Its 115.95 hectares work out to about 4.4 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 1082.

Getting to Samdol

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

Samdol lies about 21 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Jawalamukhi Road, about 14 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 Samdol
Tehsil headquarters	Dera Gopipur	6.1 km
Nearest railway station	Jawalamukhi Road	14 km
District headquarters	Kangra	21 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	36 km

Villages closest to Samdol

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dera Gopipur 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 Samdol

As per the Census of India 2011, Samdol village had a population of 512. That makes it the 81st largest of the 274 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 416 residents.

Samdol village has 256 males and 256 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Samdol has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1082.

The pincode recorded for Samdol is 177104. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Samdol covers 115.95 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Samdol falls under Dera Gopipur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Samdol is Jawalamukhi Road, about 14 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 Samdol.

Samdol is about 21 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Samdol is in Dera Gopipur tehsil of Kangra district. Dera Gopipur is about 6.1 km away. Jawalamukhi Road is about 14 km away. Kangra is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.