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About Dughar Village

Dughar is a small village in Bangana tehsil, in the district of Una, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 202, made up of 96 males and 106 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,104 females per 1000 males. The village covers 65.46 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 174308, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dughar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dughar village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Una
Tehsil Bangana
Pincode 174308
Area (hectares) 65.46 hectares
Population 202
Male Population 96
Female Population 106
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,104
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Dughar compares

By the 2011 count Dughar is the 129th largest of the 300 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 241 residents. Its 65.46 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1034.

Getting to Dughar

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

Dughar lies about 38 km from Una, and the nearest railway station is Amb Andaura, about 29 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 Dughar
Tehsil headquarters Bangana 20 km
Nearest railway station Amb Andaura 29 km
District headquarters Una 38 km
Nearest town Nangal 44 km

Villages closest to Dughar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dughar village had a population of 202. That makes it the 129th largest of the 300 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 241 residents.

Dughar village has 96 males and 106 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dughar has about 1104 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1034.

The pincode recorded for Dughar is 174308. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dughar covers 65.46 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dughar falls under Bangana tehsil of Una district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Dughar is Amb Andaura, about 29 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 Dughar.

Dughar is about 38 km from Una in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dughar is in Bangana tehsil of Una district. Bangana is about 20 km away. Amb Andaura is about 29 km away. Una is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Awahar (under 2 km), Bandhar Solhsinghi (under 2 km) and Banghar Yara (under 2 km).

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

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