About Dauwal Village

Dauwal is a mid sized village in Gurdaspur tehsil, in the district of Gurdaspur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,114, made up of 614 males and 500 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 814 females per 1000 males. The village covers 331 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 143521, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dauwal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dauwal village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Gurdaspur
Tehsil	Gurdaspur
Pincode	143521
Area (hectares)	331 hectares
Population	1,114
Male Population	614
Female Population	500
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	814
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dauwal compares

By the 2011 count Dauwal is the 170th largest of the 616 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 998 residents. Its 331 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 935.

Getting to Dauwal

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

Dauwal lies about 25 km from Gurdaspur, and the nearest railway station is Batala Sugar Mills, about 9.4 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 Dauwal
Nearest railway station	Batala Sugar Mills	9.4 km
Nearest town	Batāla	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gurdaspur	25 km

Villages closest to Dauwal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dauwal village had a population of 1,114. That makes it the 170th largest of the 616 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 998 residents.

Dauwal village has 614 males and 500 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dauwal has about 814 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 935.

The pincode recorded for Dauwal is 143521. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dauwal covers 331 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dauwal falls under Gurdaspur tehsil of Gurdaspur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Dauwal is Batala Sugar Mills, about 9.4 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 Dauwal.

Dauwal is about 25 km from Gurdaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dauwal is in Gurdaspur tehsil of Gurdaspur district. Batala Sugar Mills is about 9.4 km away. Batāla is about 13 km away. Gurdaspur is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.