About Dhanwan Village

Dhanwan is a small village in Bhoranj tehsil, in the district of Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 408, made up of 191 males and 217 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,136 females per 1000 males. The village covers 73.12 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 177501, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dhanwan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dhanwan village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Hamirpur
Tehsil	Bhoranj
Pincode	177501
Area (hectares)	73.12 hectares
Population	408
Male Population	191
Female Population	217
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,136
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dhanwan compares

By the 2011 count Dhanwan is the 63rd largest of the 267 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 335 residents. Its 73.12 hectares work out to about 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1213.

Getting to Dhanwan

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

Dhanwan lies about 45 km from Hamirpur, and the nearest railway station is Kiratpur Sahib, about 35 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 Dhanwan
Nearest town	Sundarnagar	17 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bhoranj	34 km
Nearest railway station	Kiratpur Sahib	35 km
District headquarters	Hamirpur	45 km

Villages closest to Dhanwan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dhanwan village had a population of 408. That makes it the 63rd largest of the 267 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 335 residents.

Dhanwan village has 191 males and 217 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dhanwan has about 1136 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1213.

The pincode recorded for Dhanwan is 177501. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dhanwan covers 73.12 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dhanwan falls under Bhoranj tehsil of Hamirpur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Dhanwan is Kiratpur Sahib, about 35 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 Dhanwan.

Dhanwan is about 45 km from Hamirpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dhanwan is in Bhoranj tehsil of Hamirpur district. Sundarnagar is about 17 km away. Bhoranj is about 34 km away. Kiratpur Sahib is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.