About Dol Village

Dol is a small village in Jaisinghpur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 205, made up of 90 males and 115 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,278 females per 1000 males. The village covers 56.44 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173098, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dol Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dol village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Jaisinghpur
Pincode	173098
Area (hectares)	56.44 hectares
Population	205
Male Population	90
Female Population	115
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,278
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dol compares

By the 2011 count Dol is the 110th largest of the 208 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 285 residents. Its 56.44 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1217.

Getting to Dol

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

Dol lies about 34 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Panchrukhi, about 25 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 Dol
Tehsil headquarters	Jaisinghpur	13 km
Nearest railway station	Panchrukhi	25 km
District headquarters	Kangra	34 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	44 km

Villages closest to Dol

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Jaisinghpur 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 Dol

As per the Census of India 2011, Dol village had a population of 205. That makes it the 110th largest of the 208 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 285 residents.

Dol village has 90 males and 115 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dol has about 1278 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1217.

The pincode recorded for Dol is 173098. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dol covers 56.44 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dol falls under Jaisinghpur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Dol is Panchrukhi, about 25 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 Dol.

Dol is about 34 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dol is in Jaisinghpur tehsil of Kangra district. Jaisinghpur is about 13 km away. Panchrukhi is about 25 km away. Kangra is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.