About Dhamota Village

Dhamota is a small village in Indora tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 438, made up of 234 males and 204 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 872 females per 1000 males. The village covers 193.43 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176403, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dhamota Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dhamota village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Indora
Pincode	176403
Area (hectares)	193.43 hectares
Population	438
Male Population	234
Female Population	204
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	872
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Dhamota compares

By the 2011 count Dhamota is the 59th largest of the 111 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 690 residents. Its 193.43 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 962.

Getting to Dhamota

Dhamota is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Dhamota 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 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Dhamota from other places

Dhamota lies about 62 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Chak Kalan, 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 Dhamota
Nearest railway station	Chak Kalan	under 2 km
Nearest town	Mukeriān	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Indora	15 km
District headquarters	Kangra	62 km

Villages closest to Dhamota

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dhamota village had a population of 438. That makes it the 59th largest of the 111 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 690 residents.

Dhamota village has 234 males and 204 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dhamota has about 872 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 962.

The pincode recorded for Dhamota is 176403. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dhamota covers 193.43 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dhamota falls under Indora tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Dhamota is Chak Kalan, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Dhamota.

Dhamota is about 62 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dhamota is in Indora tehsil of Kangra district. Chak Kalan is about under 2 km away. Mukeriān is about 13 km away. Indora is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.