About Dial Village

Dial is a mid sized village in Balachaur tehsil, in the district of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,446, made up of 693 males and 753 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,087 females per 1000 males. The village covers 323 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144525, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dial Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dial village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar
Tehsil	Balachaur
Pincode	144525
Area (hectares)	323 hectares
Population	1,446
Male Population	693
Female Population	753
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,087
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dial compares

By the 2011 count Dial is the 29th largest of the 175 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 872 residents. Its 323 hectares work out to about 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 937.

Getting to Dial

Dial is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Dial as Available within 5 - 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 Dial from other places

Dial lies about 18 km from Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar, and the nearest railway station is Alachor, about 11 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 Dial
Nearest railway station	Alachor	11 km
Nearest town	Nawanshahr	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Balachaur	13 km
District headquarters	Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar	18 km

Villages closest to Dial

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dial village had a population of 1,446. That makes it the 29th largest of the 175 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 872 residents.

Dial village has 693 males and 753 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dial has about 1087 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 937.

The pincode recorded for Dial is 144525. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dial covers 323 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dial falls under Balachaur tehsil of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Dial is Alachor, about 11 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Dial.

Dial is about 18 km from Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dial is in Balachaur tehsil of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district. Alachor is about 11 km away. Nawanshahr is about 12 km away. Balachaur is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.