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About Danour Village

Danour is a mid sized village in Pathankot tehsil, in the district of Gurdaspur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 883, made up of 456 males and 427 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 936 females per 1000 males. The village covers 133 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 145025, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Danour Overview

Census 2011 figures for Danour village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Gurdaspur
Tehsil Pathankot
Pincode 145025
Area (hectares) 133 hectares
Population 883
Male Population 456
Female Population 427
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 936
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Danour compares

By the 2011 count Danour is the 147th largest of the 328 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 992 residents. Its 133 hectares work out to about 6.6 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 934.

Getting to Danour

The census records public bus service for Danour as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Danour from other places

Danour lies about 20 km from Gurdaspur, and the nearest railway station is Parmanand, about 3.0 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 Danour
Nearest railway station Parmanand 3.0 km
Nearest town Dīnānagar 7.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Pathankot 17 km
District headquarters Gurdaspur 20 km

Villages closest to Danour

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Danour village had a population of 883. That makes it the 147th largest of the 328 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 992 residents.

Danour village has 456 males and 427 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Danour has about 936 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 934.

The pincode recorded for Danour is 145025. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Danour covers 133 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.6 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Danour falls under Pathankot tehsil of Gurdaspur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Danour is Parmanand, about 3.0 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Danour.

Danour is about 20 km from Gurdaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Danour is in Pathankot tehsil of Gurdaspur district. Parmanand is about 3.0 km away. Dīnānagar is about 7.2 km away. Pathankot is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Hayati Chak (under 2 km), Lahri Gujran (under 2 km) and Gurdaspur Bhaian (under 2 km).

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

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