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About Danwal Village

Danwal is a small village in Pathankot tehsil, in the district of Gurdaspur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 459, made up of 244 males and 215 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 881 females per 1000 males. The village covers 91 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 405026, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Danwal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Danwal village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Gurdaspur
Tehsil Pathankot
Pincode 405026
Area (hectares) 91 hectares
Population 459
Male Population 244
Female Population 215
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 881
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Danwal compares

By the 2011 count Danwal is the 229th largest of the 328 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 992 residents. Its 91 hectares work out to about 5.0 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 Danwal

Danwal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Danwal as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Danwal from other places

Danwal lies about 30 km from Gurdaspur, and the nearest railway station is Budhi, 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 Danwal
Nearest railway station Budhi 16 km
Nearest town Kathua 17 km
Tehsil headquarters Pathankot 27 km
District headquarters Gurdaspur 30 km

Villages closest to Danwal

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 Danwal

As per the Census of India 2011, Danwal village had a population of 459. That makes it the 229th largest of the 328 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 992 residents.

Danwal village has 244 males and 215 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Danwal has about 881 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 Danwal is 405026. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Danwal covers 91 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Danwal falls under Pathankot tehsil of Gurdaspur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Danwal is Budhi, about 16 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Danwal.

Danwal is about 30 km from Gurdaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Danwal is in Pathankot tehsil of Gurdaspur district. Budhi is about 16 km away. Kathua is about 17 km away. Pathankot is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dostpur (under 2 km), Khojki Chak (under 2 km) and Pindi Parolian (under 2 km).

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

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