About Dungni Village

Dungni is a small village in Palampur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 325, made up of 157 males and 168 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,070 females per 1000 males. The village covers 84.23 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176087, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dungni Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dungni village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Palampur
Pincode	176087
Area (hectares)	84.23 hectares
Population	325
Male Population	157
Female Population	168
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,070
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dungni compares

By the 2011 count Dungni is the 197th largest of the 365 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 469 residents. Its 84.23 hectares work out to about 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1062.

Getting to Dungni

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

Dungni lies about 25 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Patti Rajpura, about 6.2 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 Dungni
Nearest railway station	Patti Rajpura	6.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Palampur	12 km
District headquarters	Kangra	25 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	29 km

Villages closest to Dungni

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dungni village had a population of 325. That makes it the 197th largest of the 365 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 469 residents.

Dungni village has 157 males and 168 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dungni has about 1070 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1062.

The pincode recorded for Dungni is 176087. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dungni covers 84.23 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dungni falls under Palampur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Dungni is Patti Rajpura, about 6.2 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 Dungni.

Dungni 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.

Dungni is in Palampur tehsil of Kangra district. Patti Rajpura is about 6.2 km away. Palampur is about 12 km away. Kangra is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.