About Donkwala Village

Donkwala is a small village in Vikasnagar tehsil, in the district of Dehradun, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 111, made up of 65 males and 46 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 708 females per 1000 males. The village covers 53.13 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 248007, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Donkwala Overview

Census 2011 figures for Donkwala village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Dehradun
Tehsil	Vikasnagar
Pincode	248007
Area (hectares)	53.13 hectares
Population	111
Male Population	65
Female Population	46
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	708
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Donkwala compares

By the 2011 count Donkwala is the 128th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,949 residents. Its 53.13 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 908.

Getting to Donkwala

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

Donkwala lies about 24 km from Vikasnagar, and the nearest railway station is Dehradun, about 9.7 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 Donkwala
Nearest town	Clement Town	8.8 km
Nearest railway station	Dehradun	9.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Vikasnagar	24 km

Villages closest to Donkwala

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Donkwala village had a population of 111. That makes it the 128th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,949 residents.

Donkwala village has 65 males and 46 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Donkwala has about 708 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 908.

The pincode recorded for Donkwala is 248007. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Donkwala covers 53.13 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Donkwala falls under Vikasnagar tehsil of Dehradun district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Donkwala is Dehradun, about 9.7 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Donkwala.

Donkwala is about 24 km from Vikasnagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Donkwala is in Vikasnagar tehsil of Dehradun district. Clement Town is about 8.8 km away. Dehradun is about 9.7 km away. Vikasnagar is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.