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About Dhanyari Village

Dhanyari is a small village in Dera Gopipur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 100, made up of 49 males and 51 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,041 females per 1000 males. The village covers 43.91 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 177714, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dhanyari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dhanyari village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Dera Gopipur
Pincode 177714
Area (hectares) 43.91 hectares
Population 100
Male Population 49
Female Population 51
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,041
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Dhanyari compares

By the 2011 count Dhanyari is the 236th largest of the 274 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 416 residents. Its 43.91 hectares work out to about 2.3 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 1082.

Getting to Dhanyari

The census records public bus service for Dhanyari as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Dhanyari from other places

Dhanyari lies about 24 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Jawanwala Shahr, about under 2 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 Dhanyari
Nearest railway station Jawanwala Shahr under 2 km
District headquarters Kangra 24 km
Nearest town Talwāra 25 km
Tehsil headquarters Dera Gopipur 35 km

Villages closest to Dhanyari

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 Dhanyari

As per the Census of India 2011, Dhanyari village had a population of 100. That makes it the 236th largest of the 274 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 416 residents.

Dhanyari village has 49 males and 51 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dhanyari has about 1041 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1082.

The pincode recorded for Dhanyari is 177714. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dhanyari covers 43.91 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Dhanyari is Jawanwala Shahr, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Dhanyari.

Dhanyari is about 24 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dhanyari is in Dera Gopipur tehsil of Kangra district. Jawanwala Shahr is about under 2 km away. Kangra is about 24 km away. Talwāra is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Thehra (7.7 km), Nau Shehra (14 km) and Lahalpur (14 km).

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

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