About Diktu Village

Diktu is a small village in Dharmsala tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 160, made up of 68 males and 92 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,353 females per 1000 males. The village covers 35.16 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176001, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Diktu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Diktu village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Dharmsala
Pincode	176001
Area (hectares)	35.16 hectares
Population	160
Male Population	68
Female Population	92
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,353
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Diktu compares

By the 2011 count Diktu is the 126th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 626 residents. Its 35.16 hectares work out to about 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1003.

Getting to Diktu

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

Diktu lies about 10 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Nagrota, about 6.5 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 Diktu
Nearest railway station	Nagrota	6.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dharmsala	7.7 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	7.7 km
District headquarters	Kangra	10 km

Villages closest to Diktu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Diktu village had a population of 160. That makes it the 126th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 626 residents.

Diktu village has 68 males and 92 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Diktu has about 1353 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1003.

The pincode recorded for Diktu is 176001. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Diktu covers 35.16 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Diktu falls under Dharmsala tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Diktu is Nagrota, about 6.5 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 Diktu.

Diktu is about 10 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Diktu is in Dharmsala tehsil of Kangra district. Nagrota is about 6.5 km away. Dharmsala is about 7.7 km away. Dharamsala is about 7.7 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.