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About Dhande Katwal Village

Dhande Katwal is a mid sized village in Mukerian tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,197, made up of 618 males and 579 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 937 females per 1000 males. The village covers 213 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144214, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dhande Katwal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dhande Katwal village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Hoshiarpur
Tehsil Mukerian
Pincode 144214
Area (hectares) 213 hectares
Population 1,197
Male Population 618
Female Population 579
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 937
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Dhande Katwal compares

By the 2011 count Dhande Katwal is the 59th largest of the 295 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 908 residents. Its 213 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, well below the tehsil average of 995.

Getting to Dhande Katwal

Dhande Katwal 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 Dhande Katwal 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 Dhande Katwal from other places

Dhande Katwal lies about 44 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Kartoli Punjab, about 8.4 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 Dhande Katwal
Nearest town Talwāra 5.1 km
Nearest railway station Kartoli Punjab 8.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Mukerian 31 km
District headquarters Hoshiarpur 44 km

Villages closest to Dhande Katwal

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Mukerian 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 Dhande Katwal

As per the Census of India 2011, Dhande Katwal village had a population of 1,197. That makes it the 59th largest of the 295 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 908 residents.

Dhande Katwal village has 618 males and 579 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dhande Katwal has about 937 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 995.

The pincode recorded for Dhande Katwal is 144214. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dhande Katwal covers 213 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dhande Katwal falls under Mukerian tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Dhande Katwal is Kartoli Punjab, about 8.4 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 Dhande Katwal.

Dhande Katwal is about 44 km from Hoshiarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dhande Katwal is in Mukerian tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Talwāra is about 5.1 km away. Kartoli Punjab is about 8.4 km away. Mukerian is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gujjar Katrala (under 2 km), Tohlu (4.2 km) and Bhambotar (4.9 km).

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

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