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About Duhg Village

Duhg is a small village in Palampur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 216, made up of 104 males and 112 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,077 females per 1000 males. The village covers 57.5 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176061, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Duhg Overview

Census 2011 figures for Duhg village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Palampur
Pincode 176061
Area (hectares) 57.5 hectares
Population 216
Male Population 104
Female Population 112
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,077
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Duhg compares

By the 2011 count Duhg is the 264th largest of the 365 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 469 residents. Its 57.5 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1062.

Getting to Duhg

The census records public bus service for Duhg as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Duhg from other places

Duhg 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 Duhg
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 Duhg

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.

Common questions about Duhg

As per the Census of India 2011, Duhg village had a population of 216. That makes it the 264th largest of the 365 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 469 residents.

Duhg village has 104 males and 112 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Duhg has about 1077 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1062.

The pincode recorded for Duhg is 176061. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Duhg covers 57.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Duhg is Patti Rajpura, about 6.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Duhg.

Duhg 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.

Duhg 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.

The closest recorded villages are Dungni (under 2 km), Malahu (under 2 km) and Mahlag Buhli (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Duhg today is likely to be higher.

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