About Diba Village

Diba is a small village in Shahpur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 351, made up of 180 males and 171 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 950 females per 1000 males. The village covers 219.03 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176206, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Diba Overview

Census 2011 figures for Diba village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Shahpur
Pincode	176206
Area (hectares)	219.03 hectares
Population	351
Male Population	180
Female Population	171
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	950
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Diba compares

By the 2011 count Diba is the 67th largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 451 residents. Its 219.03 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1046.

Getting to Diba

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

Diba lies about 23 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Kangra Mandir, about 23 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 Diba
Tehsil headquarters	Shahpur	8.6 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	15 km
District headquarters	Kangra	23 km
Nearest railway station	Kangra Mandir	23 km

Villages closest to Diba

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Diba village had a population of 351. That makes it the 67th largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 451 residents.

Diba village has 180 males and 171 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Diba has about 950 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1046.

The pincode recorded for Diba is 176206. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Diba covers 219.03 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Diba falls under Shahpur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Diba is Kangra Mandir, about 23 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 Diba.

Diba is about 23 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Diba is in Shahpur tehsil of Kangra district. Shahpur is about 8.6 km away. Dharamsala is about 15 km away. Kangra is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.