About Dholal Village

Dholal is a mid sized village in Mukerian tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 637, made up of 336 males and 301 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 896 females per 1000 males. The village covers 159 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144224, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dholal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dholal village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Hoshiarpur
Tehsil	Mukerian
Pincode	144224
Area (hectares)	159 hectares
Population	637
Male Population	336
Female Population	301
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	896
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dholal compares

By the 2011 count Dholal is the 161st largest of the 295 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 908 residents. Its 159 hectares work out to about 4.0 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 995.

Getting to Dholal

Dholal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Dholal as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Dholal from other places

Dholal 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 Dholal
Nearest railway station	Khuda Kurala	7.1 km
Nearest town	Dasūya	10 km
Tehsil headquarters	Mukerian	25 km
District headquarters	Hoshiarpur	30 km

Villages closest to Dholal

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.

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Common questions about Dholal

As per the Census of India 2011, Dholal village had a population of 637. That makes it the 161st largest of the 295 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 908 residents.

Dholal village has 336 males and 301 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dholal has about 896 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 995.

The pincode recorded for Dholal is 144224. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dholal covers 159 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dholal falls under Mukerian tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Dholal is Khuda Kurala, about 7.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Dholal.

Dholal 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.

Dholal is in Mukerian tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Khuda Kurala is about 7.1 km away. Dasūya is about 10 km away. Mukerian is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.