About Dal Village

Dal is a small village in Lansdowne tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 40, made up of 17 males and 23 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,353 females per 1000 males. The village covers 191.46 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246173, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dal village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	Lansdowne
Pincode	246173
Area (hectares)	191.46 hectares
Population	40
Male Population	17
Female Population	23
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,353
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 Dal compares

By the 2011 count Dal is the 377th largest of the 465 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 148 residents. Its 191.46 hectares work out to about 0.2 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 1243.

Getting to Dal

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

Dal lies about 3.5 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 12 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 Dal
District headquarters	Garhwal	3.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Lansdowne	9.0 km
Nearest town	Kotdwāra	11 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	12 km

Villages closest to Dal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dal village had a population of 40. That makes it the 377th largest of the 465 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 148 residents.

Dal village has 17 males and 23 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dal has about 1353 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1243.

The pincode recorded for Dal is 246173. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dal covers 191.46 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Dal falls under Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Dal is Kotdwara, about 12 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 Dal.

Dal is about 3.5 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dal is in Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district. Garhwal is about 3.5 km away. Lansdowne is about 9.0 km away. Kotdwāra is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.