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About Dadial Village

Dadial is a mid sized village in Garhshankar tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,199, made up of 618 males and 581 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 940 females per 1000 males. The village covers 216 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144529, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dadial Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dadial village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Hoshiarpur
Tehsil Garhshankar
Pincode 144529
Area (hectares) 216 hectares
Population 1,199
Male Population 618
Female Population 581
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 940
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Dadial compares

By the 2011 count Dadial is the 91st largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,022 residents. Its 216 hectares work out to about 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 961.

Getting to Dadial

Dadial 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 Dadial 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Dadial from other places

Dadial lies about 52 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Alachor, about 11 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 Dadial
Nearest railway station Alachor 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Garhshankar 11 km
Nearest town Nawanshahr 12 km
District headquarters Hoshiarpur 52 km

Villages closest to Dadial

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 Dadial

As per the Census of India 2011, Dadial village had a population of 1,199. That makes it the 91st largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,022 residents.

Dadial village has 618 males and 581 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dadial has about 940 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 961.

The pincode recorded for Dadial is 144529. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dadial covers 216 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dadial falls under Garhshankar tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Dadial is Alachor, about 11 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it 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 village for Dadial.

Dadial is about 52 km from Hoshiarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dadial is in Garhshankar tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Alachor is about 11 km away. Garhshankar is about 11 km away. Nawanshahr is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kukar Majara (3.1 km), Ramgarh (3.7 km) and Dhamai (3.7 km).

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

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