About Dholas Village

Dholas is a small village in Jawalamukhi tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 234, made up of 127 males and 107 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 843 females per 1000 males. The village covers 55.32 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176036, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

How Dholas compares

By the 2011 count Dholas is the 71st largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 312 residents. Its 55.32 hectares work out to about 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1107.

Getting to Dholas

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

Dholas lies about 35 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Jawalamukhi Road, about 29 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.

Villages closest to Dholas

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

• Kaithal under 2 km
• Bhandrehar under 2 km
• Bharoli Kuthiara under 2 km
• Dhar Kut under 2 km
• Har Dehri under 2 km
• Kali Dhar Bohan I under 2 km

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.