# Dostpur Village, Pathankot, Gurdaspur (Punjab) – PIN Code

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Village · Pathankot, Gurdaspur 

# Dostpur

Dostpur is a village in Pathankot sub-district of Gurdaspur district, Punjab, PIN code **143526**. The 2011 Census counted **120 people in 22 households**, the 307th largest of 336 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 81.7%.

- 120people (2011)
- 22households
- 72.4%literacy
- 143526PIN code

## Dostpur PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Dostpur is 143526.** Dostpur falls in Pathankot sub-district, Gurdaspur district, Punjab.

- PIN code143526
- Gram panchayatBalotar
- Community development blockBamial
- Census village code027700

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Dostpur from nearby towns?

- Pathankot (sub-district HQ)36 km by road
- Gurdaspur (district HQ)42 km by road
- Pathankot (nearest town)28 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Dostpur?

6 services counted by the Census are inside Dostpur; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary schoolunder 5 km · Khojki Chak
- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Khojki Chak
- ○Degree college10+ km · Pathankot
- ○ITI / vocational schoolunder 5 km · Bamyal
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)12 h summer · 12 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Dostpur known for?

The main crops are **wheat**. About 86% of the 36 hectares of village land is sown, and 31 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Dostpur

Of every 100 households in Dostpur in 2011, 82 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 27 cooked with LPG; 14 had a mobile phone, 27 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dostpur · ■ Pathankot rural average

Electricity for lighting ****82%**

**95%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**30%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**68%

Tap water ****14%**

**36%

Drinking water within premises ****82%**

**81%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****27%**

**53%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****73%**

**44%

Use banking services ****82%**

**67%

Television ****59%**

**80%

Mobile phone ****14%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****27%**

**37%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**4%

None of these assets ****18%**

**6%

Own their home ****91%**

**97%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Dostpur?

■ Dostpur · ■ Pathankot rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.4%**

**81.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1143**

**913

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****667**

**828

Working population ****25.0%**

**29.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.5% for men and 70.7% for women. 45% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 4 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 3 (10%) · **■** Household industry 2 (7%) · **■** Other work 9 (30%) · **■** Marginal 12 (40%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Pathankot

- Taharpur148 people
- Kamwal140 people
- Rajo Beli138 people
- Jaitpur134 people
- Bhupalpur119 people
- Khala111 people
- Firoza108 people
- Simbal101 people

[All 370 villages in Pathankot](https://wherepedia.org/india/punjab/gurdaspur/pathankot/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Dostpur?143526
- How far is Dostpur from Gurdaspur?42 km by road
- What is the population of Dostpur?120 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dostpur in?Gurdaspur district (Pathankot sub-district), Punjab
- What is the literacy rate of Dostpur?72.4% (Census 2011)