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About Dhandowal Village

Dhandowal is a mid sized village in Shahkot tehsil, in the district of Jalandhar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,873, made up of 987 males and 886 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 898 females per 1000 males. The village covers 640 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144702, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dhandowal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dhandowal village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Jalandhar
Tehsil Shahkot
Pincode 144702
Area (hectares) 640 hectares
Population 1,873
Male Population 987
Female Population 886
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 898
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Dhandowal compares

By the 2011 count Dhandowal is the 12th largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 806 residents. Its 640 hectares work out to about 2.9 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 956.

Getting to Dhandowal

Dhandowal 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 Dhandowal 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 Dhandowal from other places

Dhandowal lies about 35 km from Jalandhar, and the nearest railway station is Malsian Shahkot, about 3.6 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 Dhandowal
Tehsil headquarters Shahkot under 2 km
Nearest railway station Malsian Shahkot 3.6 km
Nearest town Nakodar 13 km
District headquarters Jalandhar 35 km

Villages closest to Dhandowal

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Shahkot 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 Dhandowal

As per the Census of India 2011, Dhandowal village had a population of 1,873. That makes it the 12th largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 806 residents.

Dhandowal village has 987 males and 886 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dhandowal has about 898 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 956.

The pincode recorded for Dhandowal is 144702. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dhandowal covers 640 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dhandowal falls under Shahkot tehsil of Jalandhar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Dhandowal is Malsian Shahkot, about 3.6 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 Dhandowal.

Dhandowal is about 35 km from Jalandhar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dhandowal is in Shahkot tehsil of Jalandhar district. Shahkot is about under 2 km away. Malsian Shahkot is about 3.6 km away. Nakodar is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kotla Surajmal (under 2 km), Nangal Ambian (under 2 km) and Sadiqpur (2.3 km).

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

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