About Dunawa Village

Dunawa is a small village in Chakrata tehsil, in the district of Dehradun, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 192, made up of 107 males and 85 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 794 females per 1000 males. The village covers 91.17 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 248196, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dunawa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dunawa village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Dehradun
Tehsil	Chakrata
Pincode	248196
Area (hectares)	91.17 hectares
Population	192
Male Population	107
Female Population	85
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	794
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 Dunawa compares

By the 2011 count Dunawa is the 90th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 401 residents. Its 91.17 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 953.

Getting to Dunawa

Dunawa is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Dunawa 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 Dunawa from other places

Dunawa lies about 46 km from Dehradun. 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 Dunawa
Tehsil headquarters	Chakrata	6.3 km
Nearest town	Pāonta Sāhib	32 km
District headquarters	Dehradun	46 km

Villages closest to Dunawa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dunawa village had a population of 192. That makes it the 90th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 401 residents.

Dunawa village has 107 males and 85 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dunawa has about 794 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 953.

The pincode recorded for Dunawa is 248196. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dunawa covers 91.17 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dunawa falls under Chakrata tehsil of Dehradun district in Uttarakhand.

The census record for Dunawa notes the nearest railway station 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 Dunawa.

Dunawa is about 46 km from Dehradun in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dunawa is in Chakrata tehsil of Dehradun district. Chakrata is about 6.3 km away. Pāonta Sāhib is about 32 km away. Dehradun is about 46 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.