About Dad Village

Dad is a mid sized village in Simalwara tehsil, in the district of Dungarpur, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,086, made up of 538 males and 548 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,019 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2406.23 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 314030, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dad Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dad village
Description	Value
State	Rajasthan
District	Dungarpur
Tehsil	Simalwara
Pincode	314030
Area (hectares)	2406.23 hectares
Population	1,086
Male Population	538
Female Population	548
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,019
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dad compares

By the 2011 count Dad is the 108th largest of the 248 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,274 residents. Its 2406.23 hectares work out to about 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 979.

Getting to Dad

Dad is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Dad as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Dad from other places

Dad lies about 3.9 km from Simalwara, and the nearest railway station is Dungarpur, about under 2 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 Dad
Nearest railway station	Dungarpur	under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Simalwara	3.9 km
Nearest town	Dūngarpur	3.9 km

Villages closest to Dad

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dad village had a population of 1,086. That makes it the 108th largest of the 248 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,274 residents.

Dad village has 538 males and 548 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dad has about 1019 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 979.

The pincode recorded for Dad is 314030. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dad covers 2406.23 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Dad falls under Simalwara tehsil of Dungarpur district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Dad is Dungarpur, about under 2 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 10+ km distance for Dad.

Dad is about 3.9 km from Simalwara in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dad is in Simalwara tehsil of Dungarpur district. Dungarpur is about under 2 km away. Simalwara is about 3.9 km away. Dūngarpur is about 3.9 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.