About Daphlun Village

Daphlun is a small village in Khundian tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 52, made up of 25 males and 27 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,080 females per 1000 males. The village covers 36.95 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176030, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Daphlun Overview

Census 2011 figures for Daphlun village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Khundian
Pincode	176030
Area (hectares)	36.95 hectares
Population	52
Male Population	25
Female Population	27
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,080
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Daphlun compares

By the 2011 count Daphlun is the 186th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 178 residents. Its 36.95 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1070.

Getting to Daphlun

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

Daphlun lies about 20 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Jawalamukhi Road, about 16 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 Daphlun
Tehsil headquarters	Khundian	2.8 km
Nearest railway station	Jawalamukhi Road	16 km
District headquarters	Kangra	20 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	32 km

Villages closest to Daphlun

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Daphlun village had a population of 52. That makes it the 186th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 178 residents.

Daphlun village has 25 males and 27 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Daphlun has about 1080 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1070.

The pincode recorded for Daphlun is 176030. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Daphlun covers 36.95 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Daphlun falls under Khundian tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Daphlun is Jawalamukhi Road, about 16 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 Daphlun.

Daphlun is about 20 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Daphlun is in Khundian tehsil of Kangra district. Khundian is about 2.8 km away. Jawalamukhi Road is about 16 km away. Kangra is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.