About Dah Village

Dah is a mid sized village in Indora tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,074, made up of 544 males and 530 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 974 females per 1000 males. The village covers 181.23 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176402, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

How Dah compares

By the 2011 count Dah is the 23rd largest of the 111 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 690 residents. Its 181.23 hectares work out to about 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 962.

Getting to Dah

Dah 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 Dah 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 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Dah from other places

Dah lies about 54 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Kandrori, about 3.5 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.

Villages closest to Dah

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

• Kulara under 2 km
• Balkhor under 2 km
• Raja Khas under 2 km
• Balir Malot 1.5 km
• Chakban Malot 1.5 km
• Malot 1.5 km

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.