About Dharun Village

Dharun is a small village in Dalhousie tehsil, in the district of Chamba, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 70, made up of 43 males and 27 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 628 females per 1000 males. The village covers 49.2 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176302, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dharun Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dharun village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Chamba
Tehsil	Dalhousie
Pincode	176302
Area (hectares)	49.2 hectares
Population	70
Male Population	43
Female Population	27
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	628
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dharun compares

By the 2011 count Dharun is the 108th largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 304 residents. Its 49.2 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1025.

Getting to Dharun

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

Dharun lies about 12 km from Chamba, and the nearest railway station is Balle Da Pir Larth, about 38 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 Dharun
District headquarters	Chamba	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dalhousie	26 km
Nearest railway station	Balle Da Pir Larth	38 km

Villages closest to Dharun

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dharun village had a population of 70. That makes it the 108th largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 304 residents.

Dharun village has 43 males and 27 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dharun has about 628 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1025.

The pincode recorded for Dharun is 176302. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dharun covers 49.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Dharun falls under Dalhousie tehsil of Chamba district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Dharun is Balle Da Pir Larth, about 38 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 Dharun.

Dharun is about 12 km from Chamba in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dharun is in Dalhousie tehsil of Chamba district. Chamba is about 12 km away. Dalhousie is about 26 km away. Balle Da Pir Larth is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.