About Dora Katal Village

Dora Katal is a small village in Krishangarh tehsil, in the district of Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 28, made up of 16 males and 12 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 750 females per 1000 males. The village covers 28.11 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173218, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dora Katal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dora Katal village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Solan
Tehsil	Krishangarh
Pincode	173218
Area (hectares)	28.11 hectares
Population	28
Male Population	16
Female Population	12
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	750
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dora Katal compares

By the 2011 count Dora Katal is the 170th largest of the 201 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 118 residents. Its 28.11 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1045.

Getting to Dora Katal

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

Dora Katal lies about 20 km from Solan, and the nearest railway station is Kalka, about 5.8 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 Dora Katal
Nearest railway station	Kalka	5.8 km
Nearest town	Kālka	6.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Krishangarh	12 km
District headquarters	Solan	20 km

Villages closest to Dora Katal

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Krishangarh 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 Dora Katal

As per the Census of India 2011, Dora Katal village had a population of 28. That makes it the 170th largest of the 201 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 118 residents.

Dora Katal village has 16 males and 12 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dora Katal has about 750 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1045.

The pincode recorded for Dora Katal is 173218. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dora Katal covers 28.11 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Dora Katal falls under Krishangarh tehsil of Solan district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Dora Katal is Kalka, about 5.8 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 Dora Katal.

Dora Katal is about 20 km from Solan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dora Katal is in Krishangarh tehsil of Solan district. Kalka is about 5.8 km away. Kālka is about 6.2 km away. Krishangarh is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.