About Dalam Village

Dalam is a mid sized village in Ajnala tehsil, in the district of Amritsar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,505, made up of 804 males and 701 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 872 females per 1000 males. The village covers 224 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 143102, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dalam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dalam village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Amritsar
Tehsil	Ajnala
Pincode	143102
Area (hectares)	224 hectares
Population	1,505
Male Population	804
Female Population	701
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	872
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Dalam compares

By the 2011 count Dalam is the 80th largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,276 residents. Its 224 hectares work out to about 6.7 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 912.

Getting to Dalam

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

How far is Dalam from other places

Dalam lies about 18 km from Amritsar, and the nearest railway station is Chheharta, about 16 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 Dalam
Tehsil headquarters	Ajnala	9.2 km
Nearest town	Ajnāla	9.2 km
Nearest railway station	Chheharta	16 km
District headquarters	Amritsar	18 km

Villages closest to Dalam

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.

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Common questions about Dalam

As per the Census of India 2011, Dalam village had a population of 1,505. That makes it the 80th largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,276 residents.

Dalam village has 804 males and 701 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dalam has about 872 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 912.

The pincode recorded for Dalam is 143102. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dalam covers 224 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.7 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Dalam falls under Ajnala tehsil of Amritsar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Dalam is Chheharta, about 16 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Dalam.

Dalam is about 18 km from Amritsar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dalam is in Ajnala tehsil of Amritsar district. Ajnala is about 9.2 km away. Ajnāla is about 9.2 km away. Chheharta is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.