About Dakhrun Village

Dakhrun is a small village in Nadaun tehsil, in the district of Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 155, made up of 75 males and 80 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,067 females per 1000 males. The village covers 43.53 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 177038, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dakhrun Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dakhrun village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Hamirpur
Tehsil	Nadaun
Pincode	177038
Area (hectares)	43.53 hectares
Population	155
Male Population	75
Female Population	80
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,067
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dakhrun compares

By the 2011 count Dakhrun is the 170th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 216 residents. Its 43.53 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1091.

Getting to Dakhrun

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

Dakhrun lies about 40 km from Hamirpur, and the nearest railway station is Jawalamukhi Road, about 6.9 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 Dakhrun
Nearest railway station	Jawalamukhi Road	6.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nadaun	22 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	27 km
District headquarters	Hamirpur	40 km

Villages closest to Dakhrun

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dakhrun village had a population of 155. That makes it the 170th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 216 residents.

Dakhrun village has 75 males and 80 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dakhrun has about 1067 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1091.

The pincode recorded for Dakhrun is 177038. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dakhrun covers 43.53 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dakhrun falls under Nadaun tehsil of Hamirpur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Dakhrun is Jawalamukhi Road, about 6.9 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 Dakhrun.

Dakhrun is about 40 km from Hamirpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dakhrun is in Nadaun tehsil of Hamirpur district. Jawalamukhi Road is about 6.9 km away. Nadaun is about 22 km away. Dharamsala is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.