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About Daduwal Village

Daduwal is a mid sized village in Garhshankar tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 745, made up of 361 males and 384 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,064 females per 1000 males. The village covers 216 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 146101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Daduwal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Daduwal village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Hoshiarpur
Tehsil Garhshankar
Pincode 146101
Area (hectares) 216 hectares
Population 745
Male Population 361
Female Population 384
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,064
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Daduwal compares

By the 2011 count Daduwal is the 165th largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,022 residents. Its 216 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 961.

Getting to Daduwal

Daduwal is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Daduwal 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Daduwal from other places

Daduwal lies about 22 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Mahngarwal Doaba, about 9.9 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 Daduwal
Nearest railway station Mahngarwal Doaba 9.9 km
Nearest town Banga 18 km
Tehsil headquarters Garhshankar 21 km
District headquarters Hoshiarpur 22 km

Villages closest to Daduwal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Daduwal village had a population of 745. That makes it the 165th largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,022 residents.

Daduwal village has 361 males and 384 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Daduwal has about 1064 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 961.

The pincode recorded for Daduwal is 146101. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Daduwal covers 216 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Daduwal falls under Garhshankar tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Daduwal is Mahngarwal Doaba, about 9.9 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Daduwal.

Daduwal is about 22 km from Hoshiarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Daduwal is in Garhshankar tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Mahngarwal Doaba is about 9.9 km away. Banga is about 18 km away. Garhshankar is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chambal Khurd (under 2 km), Gondpur (under 2 km) and Chambal Kalan (under 2 km).

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

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