About Dug Village

Dug is a mid sized village in Phagwara tehsil, in the district of Kapurthala, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 694, made up of 366 males and 328 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 896 females per 1000 males. The village covers 337.51 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144407, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dug Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dug village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Kapurthala
Tehsil	Phagwara
Pincode	144407
Area (hectares)	337.51 hectares
Population	694
Male Population	366
Female Population	328
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	896
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dug compares

By the 2011 count Dug is the 60th largest of the 102 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,226 residents. Its 337.51 hectares work out to about 2.1 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 938.

Getting to Dug

Dug is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Dug as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Dug from other places

Dug lies about 36 km from Kapurthala, and the nearest railway station is Chiheru, about 8.5 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 Dug
Nearest railway station	Chiheru	8.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Phagwara	11 km
Nearest town	Phagwāra	11 km
District headquarters	Kapurthala	36 km

Villages closest to Dug

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dug village had a population of 694. That makes it the 60th largest of the 102 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,226 residents.

Dug village has 366 males and 328 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dug has about 896 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 938.

The pincode recorded for Dug is 144407. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dug covers 337.51 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dug falls under Phagwara tehsil of Kapurthala district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Dug is Chiheru, about 8.5 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Dug.

Dug is about 36 km from Kapurthala in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dug is in Phagwara tehsil of Kapurthala district. Chiheru is about 8.5 km away. Phagwara is about 11 km away. Phagwāra is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.