About Dholowal Village

Dholowal is a small village in Dasua tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 492, made up of 263 males and 229 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 871 females per 1000 males. The village covers 70 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144207, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dholowal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dholowal village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Hoshiarpur
Tehsil	Dasua
Pincode	144207
Area (hectares)	70 hectares
Population	492
Male Population	263
Female Population	229
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	871
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Dholowal compares

By the 2011 count Dholowal is the 218th largest of the 361 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 823 residents. Its 70 hectares work out to about 7.0 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 984.

Getting to Dholowal

Dholowal is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Dholowal as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Dholowal from other places

Dholowal lies about 30 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Khuda Kurala, about 7.1 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 Dholowal
Nearest railway station	Khuda Kurala	7.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dasua	10 km
Nearest town	Dasūya	10 km
District headquarters	Hoshiarpur	30 km

Villages closest to Dholowal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dholowal village had a population of 492. That makes it the 218th largest of the 361 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 823 residents.

Dholowal village has 263 males and 229 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dholowal has about 871 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 984.

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

Dholowal covers 70 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.0 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Dholowal falls under Dasua tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Dholowal is Khuda Kurala, about 7.1 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 5 - 10 km distance for Dholowal.

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

Dholowal is in Dasua tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Khuda Kurala is about 7.1 km away. Dasua is about 10 km away. Dasūya is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.