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About Daffer Village

Daffer is a mid sized village in Dasua tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,748, made up of 864 males and 884 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,023 females per 1000 males. The village covers 580 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144207, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Daffer Overview

Census 2011 figures for Daffer village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Hoshiarpur
Tehsil Dasua
Pincode 144207
Area (hectares) 580 hectares
Population 1,748
Male Population 864
Female Population 884
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,023
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Daffer compares

By the 2011 count Daffer is the 40th largest of the 361 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 823 residents. Its 580 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 984.

Getting to Daffer

Daffer is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Daffer as Available within 10+ 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. The nearest villages by name are Chipra, Chohak, Chohan and Chotala. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Daffer

As per the Census of India 2011, Daffer village had a population of 1,748. That makes it the 40th largest of the 361 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 823 residents.

Daffer village has 864 males and 884 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Daffer has about 1023 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 984.

The pincode recorded for Daffer is 144207. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Daffer covers 580 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Daffer falls under Dasua tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The census record for Daffer notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Daffer.

Daffer is in Dasua tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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