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About Dairon Village

Dairon is a small village in Garhshankar tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 419, made up of 222 males and 197 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 887 females per 1000 males. The village covers 153 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144527, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dairon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dairon village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Hoshiarpur
Tehsil Garhshankar
Pincode 144527
Area (hectares) 153 hectares
Population 419
Male Population 222
Female Population 197
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 887
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Dairon compares

By the 2011 count Dairon is the 228th largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,022 residents. Its 153 hectares work out to about 2.7 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 961.

Getting to Dairon

The census records public bus service for Dairon as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Chela, Dadewal, Dadial and Daduwal. 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 Dairon

As per the Census of India 2011, Dairon village had a population of 419. That makes it the 228th largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,022 residents.

Dairon village has 222 males and 197 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dairon has about 887 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 961.

The pincode recorded for Dairon is 144527. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dairon covers 153 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dairon falls under Garhshankar tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The census record for Dairon notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Dairon.

Dairon is in Garhshankar 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 Dairon today is likely to be higher.

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