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About Dhangai Village

Dhangai is a small village in Ajnala tehsil, in the district of Amritsar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 292, made up of 146 males and 146 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 127 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 143408, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dhangai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dhangai village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Amritsar
Tehsil Ajnala
Pincode 143408
Area (hectares) 127 hectares
Population 292
Male Population 146
Female Population 146
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Dhangai compares

By the 2011 count Dhangai is the 267th largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,276 residents. Its 127 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 912.

Getting to Dhangai

Dhangai is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Dhangai 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Dhangai from other places

Dhangai lies about 38 km from Amritsar, and the nearest railway station is Ramdas, about 6.6 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 Dhangai
Nearest railway station Ramdas 6.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Ajnala 16 km
Nearest town Ajnāla 16 km
District headquarters Amritsar 38 km

Villages closest to Dhangai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dhangai village had a population of 292. That makes it the 267th largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,276 residents.

Dhangai village has 146 males and 146 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dhangai has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 912.

The pincode recorded for Dhangai is 143408. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dhangai covers 127 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dhangai falls under Ajnala tehsil of Amritsar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Dhangai is Ramdas, about 6.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Dhangai.

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

Dhangai is in Ajnala tehsil of Amritsar district. Ramdas is about 6.6 km away. Ajnala is about 16 km away. Ajnāla is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Darya Mussa (under 2 km), Rurewal (under 2 km) and Malakpur (under 2 km).

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

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