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About Dab Lahar Village

Dab Lahar is a small village in Dera Gopipur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 87, made up of 37 males and 50 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,351 females per 1000 males. The village covers 50.4 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 177101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dab Lahar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dab Lahar village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Dera Gopipur
Pincode 177101
Area (hectares) 50.4 hectares
Population 87
Male Population 37
Female Population 50
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,351
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Dab Lahar compares

By the 2011 count Dab Lahar is the 246th largest of the 274 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 416 residents. Its 50.4 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1082.

Getting to Dab Lahar

Dab Lahar 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 Dab Lahar 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Dab Lahar from other places

Dab Lahar lies about 28 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Tripal, about 19 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 Dab Lahar
Tehsil headquarters Dera Gopipur 4.3 km
Nearest railway station Tripal 19 km
District headquarters Kangra 28 km
Nearest town Talwāra 32 km

Villages closest to Dab Lahar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dera Gopipur 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.

Common questions about Dab Lahar

As per the Census of India 2011, Dab Lahar village had a population of 87. That makes it the 246th largest of the 274 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 416 residents.

Dab Lahar village has 37 males and 50 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dab Lahar has about 1351 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1082.

The pincode recorded for Dab Lahar is 177101. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dab Lahar covers 50.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Dab Lahar falls under Dera Gopipur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Dab Lahar is Tripal, about 19 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 village for Dab Lahar.

Dab Lahar is about 28 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dab Lahar is in Dera Gopipur tehsil of Kangra district. Dera Gopipur is about 4.3 km away. Tripal is about 19 km away. Kangra is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bhardyal (under 2 km), Bharyara (under 2 km) and Bharyarli (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Dab Lahar today is likely to be higher.

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