About Duggan Village

Duggan is a mid sized village in Bani tehsil, in the district of Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,545, made up of 809 males and 736 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 910 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1287 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 184206, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Duggan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Duggan village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Kathua
Tehsil	Bani
Pincode	184206
Area (hectares)	1287 hectares
Population	1,545
Male Population	809
Female Population	736
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	910
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Duggan compares

By the 2011 count Duggan is the 14th largest of the 33 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,394 residents. Its 1287 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 929.

Getting to Duggan

Duggan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Duggan as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Duggan from other places

Duggan lies about 23 km from Bani, and the nearest railway station is Kathua, about 41 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 Duggan
Tehsil headquarters	Bani	23 km
Nearest town	Chamba	40 km
Nearest railway station	Kathua	41 km

Villages closest to Duggan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Duggan village had a population of 1,545. That makes it the 14th largest of the 33 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,394 residents.

Duggan village has 809 males and 736 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Duggan has about 910 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 929.

The pincode recorded for Duggan is 184206. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Duggan covers 1287 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Duggan falls under Bani tehsil of Kathua district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Duggan is Kathua, about 41 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 5 - 10 km distance for Duggan.

Duggan is about 23 km from Bani in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Duggan is in Bani tehsil of Kathua district. Bani is about 23 km away. Chamba is about 40 km away. Kathua is about 41 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.