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About Dulehan Village

Dulehan is a small village in Bishnah tehsil, in the district of Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 222, made up of 114 males and 108 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 947 females per 1000 males. The village covers 42.1 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 181132, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dulehan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dulehan village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Jammu
Tehsil Bishnah
Pincode 181132
Area (hectares) 42.1 hectares
Population 222
Male Population 114
Female Population 108
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 947
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Dulehan compares

By the 2011 count Dulehan is the 88th largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 909 residents. Its 42.1 hectares work out to about 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 921.

Getting to Dulehan

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

Dulehan lies about 35 km from Jammu, and the nearest railway station is Samba, about 4.8 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 Dulehan
Nearest town Sāmba 4.6 km
Nearest railway station Samba 4.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Bishnah 30 km
District headquarters Jammu 35 km

Villages closest to Dulehan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dulehan village had a population of 222. That makes it the 88th largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 909 residents.

Dulehan village has 114 males and 108 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dulehan has about 947 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 921.

The pincode recorded for Dulehan is 181132. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dulehan covers 42.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dulehan falls under Bishnah tehsil of Jammu district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Dulehan is Samba, about 4.8 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Dulehan.

Dulehan is about 35 km from Jammu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dulehan is in Bishnah tehsil of Jammu district. Sāmba is about 4.6 km away. Samba is about 4.8 km away. Bishnah is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Changiya (under 2 km), Channana (under 2 km) and Makhan Purcharkan (under 2 km).

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

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