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About Dyol Village

Dyol is a small village in Sandhol tehsil, in the district of Mandi, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 184, made up of 68 males and 116 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,706 females per 1000 males. The village covers 160.89 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176090, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dyol Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dyol village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Mandi
Tehsil Sandhol
Pincode 176090
Area (hectares) 160.89 hectares
Population 184
Male Population 68
Female Population 116
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,706
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Dyol compares

By the 2011 count Dyol is the 37th largest of the 57 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 297 residents. Its 160.89 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1131.

Getting to Dyol

Dyol is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Dyol as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Dyol from other places

Dyol lies about 86 km from Mandi, and the nearest railway station is Kangra, about 11 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 Dyol
Nearest railway station Kangra 11 km
Nearest town Dharamsala 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Sandhol 33 km
District headquarters Mandi 86 km

Villages closest to Dyol

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dyol village had a population of 184. That makes it the 37th largest of the 57 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 297 residents.

Dyol village has 68 males and 116 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dyol has about 1706 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1131.

The pincode recorded for Dyol is 176090. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dyol covers 160.89 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Dyol falls under Sandhol tehsil of Mandi district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Dyol is Kangra, about 11 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 <5 km distance for Dyol.

Dyol is about 86 km from Mandi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dyol is in Sandhol tehsil of Mandi district. Kangra is about 11 km away. Dharamsala is about 13 km away. Sandhol is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Neri (5.1 km), Majhyar (5.9 km) and Devgarh (9.7 km).

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

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