About Dharehr Village

Dharehr is a mid sized village in Baijnath tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,386, made up of 685 males and 701 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,023 females per 1000 males. The village covers 267.74 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176125, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dharehr Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dharehr village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Baijnath
Pincode	176125
Area (hectares)	267.74 hectares
Population	1,386
Male Population	685
Female Population	701
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,023
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Dharehr compares

By the 2011 count Dharehr is the 11th largest of the 195 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 482 residents. Its 267.74 hectares work out to about 5.2 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 1095.

Getting to Dharehr

Dharehr is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Dharehr 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Dharehr from other places

Dharehr lies about 38 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Baijnath Mandir, about 4.7 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 Dharehr
Tehsil headquarters	Baijnath	4.1 km
Nearest railway station	Baijnath Mandir	4.7 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	36 km
District headquarters	Kangra	38 km

Villages closest to Dharehr

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dharehr village had a population of 1,386. That makes it the 11th largest of the 195 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 482 residents.

Dharehr village has 685 males and 701 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dharehr has about 1023 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1095.

The pincode recorded for Dharehr is 176125. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dharehr covers 267.74 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dharehr falls under Baijnath tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Dharehr is Baijnath Mandir, about 4.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Dharehr.

Dharehr is about 38 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dharehr is in Baijnath tehsil of Kangra district. Baijnath is about 4.1 km away. Baijnath Mandir is about 4.7 km away. Dharamsala is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.