About Dunk Village

Dunk is a small village in Pauri tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 244, made up of 120 males and 124 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,033 females per 1000 males. The village covers 161.01 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246167, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dunk Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dunk village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	Pauri
Pincode	246167
Area (hectares)	161.01 hectares
Population	244
Male Population	120
Female Population	124
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,033
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dunk compares

By the 2011 count Dunk is the 115th largest of the 666 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 143 residents. Its 161.01 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1259.

Getting to Dunk

Dunk is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Dunk as Available within 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 Dunk from other places

Dunk lies about 22 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 32 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 Dunk
Tehsil headquarters	Pauri	22 km
District headquarters	Garhwal	22 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	32 km

Villages closest to Dunk

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dunk village had a population of 244. That makes it the 115th largest of the 666 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 143 residents.

Dunk village has 120 males and 124 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dunk has about 1033 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1259.

The pincode recorded for Dunk is 246167. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dunk covers 161.01 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Dunk falls under Pauri tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Dunk is Kotdwara, about 32 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 5 - 10 km distance for Dunk.

Dunk is about 22 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dunk is in Pauri tehsil of Garhwal district. Pauri is about 22 km away. Garhwal is about 22 km away. Kotdwara is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.