About Dhagwan Village

Dhagwan is a mid sized village in Rath tehsil, in the district of Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,795, made up of 1,006 males and 789 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 784 females per 1000 males. The village covers 553.08 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 210428, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dhagwan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dhagwan village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Hamirpur
Tehsil	Rath
Pincode	210428
Area (hectares)	553.08 hectares
Population	1,795
Male Population	1,006
Female Population	789
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	784
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Dhagwan compares

By the 2011 count Dhagwan is the 35th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,494 residents. Its 553.08 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 874.

Getting to Dhagwan

Dhagwan is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Dhagwan as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Dhagwan from other places

Dhagwan lies about 26 km from Hamirpur, and the nearest railway station is Olinda, about 40 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 Dhagwan
Nearest town	Sundarnagar	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Rath	26 km
District headquarters	Hamirpur	26 km
Nearest railway station	Olinda	40 km

Villages closest to Dhagwan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dhagwan village had a population of 1,795. That makes it the 35th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,494 residents.

Dhagwan village has 1,006 males and 789 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dhagwan has about 784 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 874.

The pincode recorded for Dhagwan is 210428. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dhagwan covers 553.08 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dhagwan falls under Rath tehsil of Hamirpur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Dhagwan is Olinda, about 40 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Dhagwan.

Dhagwan is about 26 km from Hamirpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dhagwan is in Rath tehsil of Hamirpur district. Sundarnagar is about 13 km away. Rath is about 26 km away. Hamirpur is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.