About Dadwan Village

Dadwan is a mid sized village in Pathankot tehsil, in the district of Gurdaspur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,167, made up of 634 males and 533 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 841 females per 1000 males. The village covers 275 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 145023, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dadwan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dadwan village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Gurdaspur
Tehsil	Pathankot
Pincode	145023
Area (hectares)	275 hectares
Population	1,167
Male Population	634
Female Population	533
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	841
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 Dadwan compares

By the 2011 count Dadwan is the 98th largest of the 328 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 992 residents. Its 275 hectares work out to about 4.2 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 934.

Getting to Dadwan

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

Dadwan lies about 42 km from Gurdaspur, and the nearest railway station is Sujanpur, about 6.7 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 Dadwan
Nearest railway station	Sujanpur	6.7 km
Nearest town	Sujānpur	7.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Pathankot	7.8 km
District headquarters	Gurdaspur	42 km

Villages closest to Dadwan

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.

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Common questions about Dadwan

As per the Census of India 2011, Dadwan village had a population of 1,167. That makes it the 98th largest of the 328 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 992 residents.

Dadwan village has 634 males and 533 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dadwan has about 841 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 934.

The pincode recorded for Dadwan is 145023. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dadwan covers 275 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dadwan falls under Pathankot tehsil of Gurdaspur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Dadwan is Sujanpur, about 6.7 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 Dadwan.

Dadwan is about 42 km from Gurdaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dadwan is in Pathankot tehsil of Gurdaspur district. Sujanpur is about 6.7 km away. Sujānpur is about 7.0 km away. Pathankot is about 7.8 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.