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About Danna Village

Danna is a small village in Nurpur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 70, made up of 41 males and 29 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 707 females per 1000 males. The village covers 35.39 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176211, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Danna Overview

Census 2011 figures for Danna village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Nurpur
Pincode 176211
Area (hectares) 35.39 hectares
Population 70
Male Population 41
Female Population 29
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 707
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Danna compares

By the 2011 count Danna is the 333rd largest of the 372 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 426 residents. Its 35.39 hectares work out to about 2.0 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 971.

Getting to Danna

Danna is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Danna as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Danna from other places

Danna lies about 45 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Nurpur Road, about 14 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 Danna
Tehsil headquarters Nurpur 10 km
Nearest railway station Nurpur Road 14 km
Nearest town Mamun 25 km
District headquarters Kangra 45 km

Villages closest to Danna

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Danna village had a population of 70. That makes it the 333rd largest of the 372 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 426 residents.

Danna village has 41 males and 29 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Danna has about 707 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 971.

The pincode recorded for Danna is 176211. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Danna covers 35.39 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Danna falls under Nurpur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Danna is Nurpur Road, about 14 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Danna.

Danna is about 45 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Danna is in Nurpur tehsil of Kangra district. Nurpur is about 10 km away. Nurpur Road is about 14 km away. Mamun is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Malkwal (under 2 km), Gamel (under 2 km) and Daddar (under 2 km).

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

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