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About Dhunga Pant Village

Dhunga Pant is a small village in Kanda tehsil, in the district of Bageshwar, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 101, made up of 52 males and 49 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 942 females per 1000 males. The village covers 21.05 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 263631, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dhunga Pant Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dhunga Pant village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Bageshwar
Tehsil Kanda
Pincode 263631
Area (hectares) 21.05 hectares
Population 101
Male Population 52
Female Population 49
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 942
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Dhunga Pant compares

By the 2011 count Dhunga Pant is the 80th largest of the 156 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 168 residents. Its 21.05 hectares work out to about 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1205.

Getting to Dhunga Pant

Dhunga Pant is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Dhunga Pant as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Dhunga Pant from other places

Dhunga Pant lies about 87 km from Bageshwar, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 38 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 Dhunga Pant
Nearest town Pauri 29 km
Tehsil headquarters Kanda 30 km
Nearest railway station Kotdwara 38 km
District headquarters Bageshwar 87 km

Villages closest to Dhunga Pant

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kanda 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 Dhunga Pant

As per the Census of India 2011, Dhunga Pant village had a population of 101. That makes it the 80th largest of the 156 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 168 residents.

Dhunga Pant village has 52 males and 49 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dhunga Pant has about 942 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1205.

The pincode recorded for Dhunga Pant is 263631. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dhunga Pant covers 21.05 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dhunga Pant falls under Kanda tehsil of Bageshwar district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Dhunga Pant is Kotdwara, about 38 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 5 - 10 km distance for Dhunga Pant.

Dhunga Pant is about 87 km from Bageshwar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dhunga Pant is in Kanda tehsil of Bageshwar district. Pauri is about 29 km away. Kanda is about 30 km away. Kotdwara is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dhatiya Dhunga (under 2 km), Narayan Gunth (under 2 km) and Khati Gaon (1.5 km).

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

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