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About Doshpur Village

Doshpur is a small village in Dera Bassi tehsil, in the district of Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 73, made up of 40 males and 33 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 825 females per 1000 males. The village covers 45 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 140501, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Doshpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Doshpur village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar
Tehsil Dera Bassi
Pincode 140501
Area (hectares) 45 hectares
Population 73
Male Population 40
Female Population 33
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 825
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Doshpur compares

By the 2011 count Doshpur is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,198 residents. Its 45 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 866.

Getting to Doshpur

Doshpur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Doshpur 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 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Devinagar, Dhanauni, Dharamgarh and Dhire Majra. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Doshpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Doshpur village had a population of 73. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,198 residents.

Doshpur village has 40 males and 33 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Doshpur has about 825 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 866.

The pincode recorded for Doshpur is 140501. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Doshpur covers 45 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Doshpur falls under Dera Bassi tehsil of Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar district in Punjab.

The census record for Doshpur notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Doshpur.

Doshpur is in Dera Bassi tehsil of Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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