About Dol Village

Dol is a small village in Khundian tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 206, made up of 115 males and 91 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 791 females per 1000 males. The village covers 70.3 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176030, 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	Khundian
Pincode	176030
Area (hectares)	70.3 hectares
Population	206
Male Population	115
Female Population	91
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	791
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 66th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 178 residents. Its 70.3 hectares work out to about 2.9 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 1070.

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 24 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Jawalamukhi Road, about 19 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	Khundian	3.1 km
Nearest railway station	Jawalamukhi Road	19 km
District headquarters	Kangra	24 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	37 km

Villages closest to Dol

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 Dol

As per the Census of India 2011, Dol village had a population of 206. That makes it the 66th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 178 residents.

Dol village has 115 males and 91 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dol has about 791 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1070.

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

Dol covers 70.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Dol is Jawalamukhi Road, about 19 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 24 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 Khundian tehsil of Kangra district. Khundian is about 3.1 km away. Jawalamukhi Road is about 19 km away. Kangra is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.