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About Darang Khas Village

Darang Khas is a small village in Palampur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 395, made up of 210 males and 185 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 881 females per 1000 males. The village covers 192.65 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176060, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Darang Khas Overview

Census 2011 figures for Darang Khas village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Palampur
Pincode 176060
Area (hectares) 192.65 hectares
Population 395
Male Population 210
Female Population 185
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 881
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Darang Khas compares

By the 2011 count Darang Khas is the 163rd largest of the 365 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 469 residents. Its 192.65 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1062.

Getting to Darang Khas

Darang Khas 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 Darang Khas 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Darang Khas from other places

Darang Khas lies about 17 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Paror, 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 Darang Khas
Nearest railway station Paror 2.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Palampur 11 km
District headquarters Kangra 17 km
Nearest town Dharamsala 18 km

Villages closest to Darang Khas

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Palampur 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 Darang Khas

As per the Census of India 2011, Darang Khas village had a population of 395. That makes it the 163rd largest of the 365 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 469 residents.

Darang Khas village has 210 males and 185 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Darang Khas has about 881 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1062.

The pincode recorded for Darang Khas is 176060. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Darang Khas covers 192.65 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Darang Khas falls under Palampur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Darang Khas is Paror, about 2.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

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

Darang Khas is about 17 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Darang Khas is in Palampur tehsil of Kangra district. Paror is about 2.2 km away. Palampur is about 11 km away. Kangra is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Cheli (under 2 km), Chahr Khola (under 2 km) and Mahadev (under 2 km).

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

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