About Dohal Village

Dohal is a mid sized village in Akhnoor tehsil, in the district of Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 517, made up of 256 males and 261 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,020 females per 1000 males. The village covers 303.5 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 181203, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dohal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dohal village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Jammu
Tehsil	Akhnoor
Pincode	181203
Area (hectares)	303.5 hectares
Population	517
Male Population	256
Female Population	261
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,020
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dohal compares

By the 2011 count Dohal is the 145th largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,057 residents. Its 303.5 hectares work out to about 1.7 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 947.

Getting to Dohal

Dohal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Dohal as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Dohal from other places

Dohal lies about 20 km from Jammu, and the nearest railway station is Bari Brahman, about 8.4 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 Dohal
Nearest railway station	Bari Brahman	8.4 km
Nearest town	Jammu Cantonment	17 km
Tehsil headquarters	Akhnoor	20 km
District headquarters	Jammu	20 km

Villages closest to Dohal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dohal village had a population of 517. That makes it the 145th largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,057 residents.

Dohal village has 256 males and 261 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dohal has about 1020 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 947.

The pincode recorded for Dohal is 181203. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dohal covers 303.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Dohal falls under Akhnoor tehsil of Jammu district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Dohal is Bari Brahman, about 8.4 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Dohal.

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

Dohal is in Akhnoor tehsil of Jammu district. Bari Brahman is about 8.4 km away. Jammu Cantonment is about 17 km away. Akhnoor is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.