About Dehru Village

Dehru is a small village in Dhira tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 169, made up of 87 males and 82 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 943 females per 1000 males. The village covers 87.8 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dehru Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dehru village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Dhira
Pincode	176101
Area (hectares)	87.8 hectares
Population	169
Male Population	87
Female Population	82
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	943
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dehru compares

By the 2011 count Dehru is the 53rd largest of the 111 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 195 residents. Its 87.8 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1176.

Getting to Dehru

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

Dehru lies about 11 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Kangra Mandir, about 9.9 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 Dehru
Nearest town	Dharamsala	4.3 km
Nearest railway station	Kangra Mandir	9.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dhira	11 km
District headquarters	Kangra	11 km

Villages closest to Dehru

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dehru village had a population of 169. That makes it the 53rd largest of the 111 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 195 residents.

Dehru village has 87 males and 82 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dehru has about 943 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1176.

The pincode recorded for Dehru is 176101. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dehru covers 87.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Dehru falls under Dhira tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Dehru is Kangra Mandir, about 9.9 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 Dehru.

Dehru is about 11 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dehru is in Dhira tehsil of Kangra district. Dharamsala is about 4.3 km away. Kangra Mandir is about 9.9 km away. Dhira is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.