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About Dugri Awana Village

Dugri Awana is a mid sized village in Mukerian tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 698, made up of 343 males and 355 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,035 females per 1000 males. The village covers 123 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144214, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dugri Awana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dugri Awana village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Hoshiarpur
Tehsil Mukerian
Pincode 144214
Area (hectares) 123 hectares
Population 698
Male Population 343
Female Population 355
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,035
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Dugri Awana compares

By the 2011 count Dugri Awana is the 140th largest of the 295 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 908 residents. Its 123 hectares work out to about 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 995.

Getting to Dugri Awana

Dugri Awana 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 Dugri Awana 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 Dugri Awana from other places

Dugri Awana lies about 58 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Bhangala, about 3.8 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 Dugri Awana
Nearest railway station Bhangala 3.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Mukerian 7.1 km
Nearest town Mukeriān 7.1 km
District headquarters Hoshiarpur 58 km

Villages closest to Dugri Awana

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 Dugri Awana

As per the Census of India 2011, Dugri Awana village had a population of 698. That makes it the 140th largest of the 295 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 908 residents.

Dugri Awana village has 343 males and 355 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dugri Awana has about 1035 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 995.

The pincode recorded for Dugri Awana is 144214. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dugri Awana covers 123 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dugri Awana falls under Mukerian tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Dugri Awana is Bhangala, about 3.8 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 Dugri Awana.

Dugri Awana is about 58 km from Hoshiarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dugri Awana is in Mukerian tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Bhangala is about 3.8 km away. Mukerian is about 7.1 km away. Mukeriān is about 7.1 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ferozepur (under 2 km), Kajla (under 2 km) and Mehmudpur (1.6 km).

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

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