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About Doonga Nal Village

Doonga Nal is a small village in Nalagarh tehsil, in the district of Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 41, made up of 21 males and 20 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 952 females per 1000 males. The village covers 22 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 174101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Doonga Nal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Doonga Nal village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Solan
Tehsil Nalagarh
Pincode 174101
Area (hectares) 22 hectares
Population 41
Male Population 21
Female Population 20
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 952
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Doonga Nal compares

By the 2011 count Doonga Nal is the 254th largest of the 270 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 362 residents. Its 22 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 918.

Getting to Doonga Nal

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

Doonga Nal lies about 50 km from Solan, and the nearest railway station is Kiratpur Sahib, about 15 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 Doonga Nal
Nearest railway station Kiratpur Sahib 15 km
Tehsil headquarters Nalagarh 19 km
Nearest town Baddi 29 km
District headquarters Solan 50 km

Villages closest to Doonga Nal

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Nalagarh 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 Doonga Nal

As per the Census of India 2011, Doonga Nal village had a population of 41. That makes it the 254th largest of the 270 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 362 residents.

Doonga Nal village has 21 males and 20 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Doonga Nal has about 952 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 918.

The pincode recorded for Doonga Nal is 174101. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Doonga Nal covers 22 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Doonga Nal falls under Nalagarh tehsil of Solan district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Doonga Nal is Kiratpur Sahib, about 15 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 Doonga Nal.

Doonga Nal is about 50 km from Solan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Doonga Nal is in Nalagarh tehsil of Solan district. Kiratpur Sahib is about 15 km away. Nalagarh is about 19 km away. Baddi is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kanali (under 2 km), Nal (under 2 km) and Bhasra (under 2 km).

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

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