About Damuwal Village

Damuwal is a mid sized village in Nurpur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 576, made up of 290 males and 286 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 986 females per 1000 males. The village covers 73.02 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176051, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Damuwal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Damuwal village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Nurpur
Pincode	176051
Area (hectares)	73.02 hectares
Population	576
Male Population	290
Female Population	286
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	986
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Damuwal compares

By the 2011 count Damuwal is the 85th largest of the 372 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 426 residents. Its 73.02 hectares work out to about 7.9 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 971.

Getting to Damuwal

Damuwal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Damuwal 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Damuwal from other places

Damuwal lies about 36 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Kartoli Punjab, about 17 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 Damuwal
Nearest town	Talwāra	6.4 km
Nearest railway station	Kartoli Punjab	17 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nurpur	34 km
District headquarters	Kangra	36 km

Villages closest to Damuwal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Damuwal village had a population of 576. That makes it the 85th largest of the 372 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 426 residents.

Damuwal village has 290 males and 286 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Damuwal has about 986 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 971.

The pincode recorded for Damuwal is 176051. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Damuwal covers 73.02 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.9 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Damuwal falls under Nurpur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Damuwal is Kartoli Punjab, about 17 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Damuwal.

Damuwal is about 36 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Damuwal is in Nurpur tehsil of Kangra district. Talwāra is about 6.4 km away. Kartoli Punjab is about 17 km away. Nurpur is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.