About Dhandyana Village

Dhandyana is a small village in Fatehpur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 74, made up of 42 males and 32 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 762 females per 1000 males. The village covers 143.35 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176025, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dhandyana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dhandyana village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Fatehpur
Pincode	176025
Area (hectares)	143.35 hectares
Population	74
Male Population	42
Female Population	32
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	762
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dhandyana compares

By the 2011 count Dhandyana is the 168th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 283 residents. Its 143.35 hectares work out to about 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1006.

Getting to Dhandyana

Dhandyana is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Dhandyana as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Dhandyana from other places

Dhandyana lies about 24 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Jawanwala Shahr, 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 Dhandyana
Nearest railway station	Jawanwala Shahr	under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Fatehpur	7.9 km
District headquarters	Kangra	24 km
Nearest town	Talwāra	25 km

Villages closest to Dhandyana

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dhandyana village had a population of 74. That makes it the 168th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 283 residents.

Dhandyana village has 42 males and 32 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dhandyana has about 762 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1006.

The pincode recorded for Dhandyana is 176025. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dhandyana covers 143.35 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Dhandyana falls under Fatehpur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Dhandyana is Jawanwala Shahr, about under 2 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Dhandyana.

Dhandyana is about 24 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dhandyana is in Fatehpur tehsil of Kangra district. Jawanwala Shahr is about under 2 km away. Fatehpur is about 7.9 km away. Kangra is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.