About Dagwar Village

Dagwar is a mid sized village in Dhatwal tehsil, in the district of Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 598, made up of 295 males and 303 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,027 females per 1000 males. The village covers 126.4 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 174311, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dagwar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dagwar village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Hamirpur
Tehsil	Dhatwal
Pincode	174311
Area (hectares)	126.4 hectares
Population	598
Male Population	295
Female Population	303
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,027
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dagwar compares

By the 2011 count Dagwar is the 13th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 299 residents. Its 126.4 hectares work out to about 4.7 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 1186.

Getting to Dagwar

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

Dagwar lies about 22 km from Hamirpur, and the nearest railway station is Olinda, about 25 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 Dagwar
Tehsil headquarters	Dhatwal	11 km
District headquarters	Hamirpur	22 km
Nearest town	Sundarnagar	24 km
Nearest railway station	Olinda	25 km

Villages closest to Dagwar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dagwar village had a population of 598. That makes it the 13th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 299 residents.

Dagwar village has 295 males and 303 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dagwar has about 1027 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1186.

The pincode recorded for Dagwar is 174311. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dagwar covers 126.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dagwar falls under Dhatwal tehsil of Hamirpur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Dagwar is Olinda, about 25 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 Dagwar.

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

Dagwar is in Dhatwal tehsil of Hamirpur district. Dhatwal is about 11 km away. Hamirpur is about 22 km away. Sundarnagar is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.