About Dhoran Khas Village

Dhoran Khas is a mid sized village in Palampur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 734, made up of 368 males and 366 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 995 females per 1000 males. The village covers 76.01 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176060, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

How Dhoran Khas compares

By the 2011 count Dhoran Khas is the 65th largest of the 365 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 469 residents. Its 76.01 hectares work out to about 9.7 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1062.

Getting to Dhoran Khas

Dhoran 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 Dhoran Khas 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Dhoran Khas from other places

Dhoran Khas lies about 24 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Palampur Himachal, about 1.5 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.

Villages closest to Dhoran Khas

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

• Dehan Khas under 2 km
• Kakrehr under 2 km
• Maserna under 2 km
• Badehr under 2 km
• Bhangiar under 2 km
• Salri under 2 km

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.