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About Dharmgiri Village

Dharmgiri is a small village in Nagrota Bagwan tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 20, made up of 13 males and 7 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 538 females per 1000 males. The village covers 36.13 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176050, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dharmgiri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dharmgiri village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Nagrota Bagwan
Pincode 176050
Area (hectares) 36.13 hectares
Population 20
Male Population 13
Female Population 7
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 538
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Dharmgiri compares

By the 2011 count Dharmgiri is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 451 residents. Its 36.13 hectares work out to about 0.6 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 1027.

Getting to Dharmgiri

Dharmgiri 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 Dharmgiri as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Dharmgiri from other places

Dharmgiri lies about 16 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Chamunda Marg, about 2.2 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 Dharmgiri
Nearest railway station Chamunda Marg 2.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Nagrota Bagwan 4.9 km
Nearest town Dharamsala 14 km
District headquarters Kangra 16 km

Villages closest to Dharmgiri

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

Common questions about Dharmgiri

As per the Census of India 2011, Dharmgiri village had a population of 20. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 451 residents.

Dharmgiri village has 13 males and 7 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dharmgiri has about 538 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1027.

The pincode recorded for Dharmgiri is 176050. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dharmgiri covers 36.13 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Dharmgiri falls under Nagrota Bagwan tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Dharmgiri is Chamunda Marg, about 2.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Dharmgiri.

Dharmgiri is about 16 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dharmgiri is in Nagrota Bagwan tehsil of Kangra district. Chamunda Marg is about 2.2 km away. Nagrota Bagwan is about 4.9 km away. Dharamsala is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jugleta (under 2 km), Sakrehr (under 2 km) and Bhamnehr (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Dharmgiri today is likely to be higher.

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