About Dug Village

Dug is a mid sized village in Ajnala tehsil, in the district of Amritsar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,345, made up of 680 males and 665 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 978 females per 1000 males. The village covers 400 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 143110, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dug Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dug village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Amritsar
Tehsil	Ajnala
Pincode	143110
Area (hectares)	400 hectares
Population	1,345
Male Population	680
Female Population	665
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	978
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dug compares

By the 2011 count Dug is the 105th largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,276 residents. Its 400 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 912.

Getting to Dug

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

How far is Dug from other places

Dug lies about 34 km from Amritsar, and the nearest railway station is Attari, about 22 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 Dug
Tehsil headquarters	Ajnala	19 km
Nearest town	Ajnāla	19 km
Nearest railway station	Attari	22 km
District headquarters	Amritsar	34 km

Villages closest to Dug

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.

Most viewed villages

Related Villages

Common questions about Dug

As per the Census of India 2011, Dug village had a population of 1,345. That makes it the 105th largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,276 residents.

Dug village has 680 males and 665 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dug has about 978 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 912.

The pincode recorded for Dug is 143110. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dug covers 400 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dug falls under Ajnala tehsil of Amritsar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Dug is Attari, about 22 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Dug.

Dug is about 34 km from Amritsar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dug is in Ajnala tehsil of Amritsar district. Ajnala is about 19 km away. Ajnāla is about 19 km away. Attari is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.