About Dodra Kalan Village

Dodra Kalan is a small village in Jaswan tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 335, made up of 167 males and 168 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,006 females per 1000 males. The village covers 135.72 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 177113, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dodra Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dodra Kalan village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Jaswan
Pincode	177113
Area (hectares)	135.72 hectares
Population	335
Male Population	167
Female Population	168
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,006
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dodra Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Dodra Kalan is the 41st largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 379 residents. Its 135.72 hectares work out to about 2.5 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 1092.

Getting to Dodra Kalan

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

Dodra Kalan lies about 25 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Balle Da Pir Larth, about 18 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 Dodra Kalan
Nearest railway station	Balle Da Pir Larth	18 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	21 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jaswan	25 km
District headquarters	Kangra	25 km

Villages closest to Dodra Kalan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dodra Kalan village had a population of 335. That makes it the 41st largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 379 residents.

Dodra Kalan village has 167 males and 168 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dodra Kalan has about 1006 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1092.

The pincode recorded for Dodra Kalan is 177113. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dodra Kalan covers 135.72 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dodra Kalan falls under Jaswan tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Dodra Kalan is Balle Da Pir Larth, about 18 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 Dodra Kalan.

Dodra Kalan is about 25 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dodra Kalan is in Jaswan tehsil of Kangra district. Balle Da Pir Larth is about 18 km away. Dharamsala is about 21 km away. Jaswan is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.