About Dehru Village

Dehru is a small village in Jaisinghpur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 221, made up of 88 males and 133 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,511 females per 1000 males. The village covers 77.37 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176082, 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	Jaisinghpur
Pincode	176082
Area (hectares)	77.37 hectares
Population	221
Male Population	88
Female Population	133
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,511
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 106th largest of the 208 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 285 residents. Its 77.37 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1217.

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 21 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Jawalamukhi Road, about 18 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 railway station	Jawalamukhi Road	18 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jaisinghpur	21 km
District headquarters	Kangra	21 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	33 km

Villages closest to Dehru

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Jaisinghpur 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 221. That makes it the 106th largest of the 208 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 285 residents.

Dehru village has 88 males and 133 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dehru has about 1511 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1217.

The pincode recorded for Dehru is 176082. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dehru covers 77.37 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Dehru is Jawalamukhi Road, about 18 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 21 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 Jaisinghpur tehsil of Kangra district. Jawalamukhi Road is about 18 km away. Jaisinghpur is about 21 km away. Kangra is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.