About Dalang Village

Dalang is a small village in Lahul tehsil, in the district of Lahul and Spiti, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 66, made up of 40 males and 26 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 650 females per 1000 males. The village covers 18 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 175140, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dalang Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dalang village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Lahul and Spiti
Tehsil	Lahul
Pincode	175140
Area (hectares)	18 hectares
Population	66
Male Population	40
Female Population	26
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	650
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dalang compares

By the 2011 count Dalang is the 46th largest of the 130 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 78 residents. Its 18 hectares work out to about 3.7 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 1020.

Getting to Dalang

Dalang is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Dalang as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ 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 Dalang from other places

Dalang lies about 106 km from Lahul and Spiti, and the nearest railway station is Jawalamukhi Road, about 25 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 Dalang
Tehsil headquarters	Lahul	13 km
Nearest railway station	Jawalamukhi Road	25 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	43 km
District headquarters	Lahul and Spiti	106 km

Villages closest to Dalang

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dalang village had a population of 66. That makes it the 46th largest of the 130 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 78 residents.

Dalang village has 40 males and 26 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dalang has about 650 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1020.

The pincode recorded for Dalang is 175140. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dalang covers 18 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dalang falls under Lahul tehsil of Lahul and Spiti district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Dalang is Jawalamukhi Road, about 25 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Dalang.

Dalang is about 106 km from Lahul and Spiti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dalang is in Lahul tehsil of Lahul and Spiti district. Lahul is about 13 km away. Jawalamukhi Road is about 25 km away. Dharamsala is about 43 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.