About Dranga Village

Dranga is a small village in Nagrota Bagwan tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 435, made up of 237 males and 198 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 835 females per 1000 males. The village covers 33.93 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176047, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dranga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dranga village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Nagrota Bagwan
Pincode	176047
Area (hectares)	33.93 hectares
Population	435
Male Population	237
Female Population	198
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	835
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Dranga compares

By the 2011 count Dranga is the 58th largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 451 residents. Its 33.93 hectares work out to about 13 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1027.

Getting to Dranga

Dranga 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 Dranga 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Dranga from other places

Dranga lies about 25 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 Dranga
Nearest railway station	Jawalamukhi Road	18 km
District headquarters	Kangra	25 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nagrota Bagwan	26 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	38 km

Villages closest to Dranga

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.

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Common questions about Dranga

As per the Census of India 2011, Dranga village had a population of 435. That makes it the 58th largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 451 residents.

Dranga village has 237 males and 198 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dranga has about 835 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 Dranga is 176047. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dranga covers 33.93 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 13 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

The nearest railway station to Dranga is Jawalamukhi Road, about 18 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

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

Dranga is about 25 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dranga is in Nagrota Bagwan tehsil of Kangra district. Jawalamukhi Road is about 18 km away. Kangra is about 25 km away. Nagrota Bagwan is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.