About Dhamasan Village

Dhamasan is a small village in Nihri tehsil, in the district of Mandi, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 355, made up of 181 males and 174 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 961 females per 1000 males. The village covers 72.86 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 175031, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dhamasan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dhamasan village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Mandi
Tehsil	Nihri
Pincode	175031
Area (hectares)	72.86 hectares
Population	355
Male Population	181
Female Population	174
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	961
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dhamasan compares

By the 2011 count Dhamasan is the 25th largest of the 197 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 176 residents. Its 72.86 hectares work out to about 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 979.

Getting to Dhamasan

Dhamasan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Dhamasan 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Dhamasan from other places

Dhamasan lies about 35 km from Mandi, and the nearest railway station is Summer Hill, about 36 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 Dhamasan
Nearest town	Sundarnagar	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nihri	21 km
District headquarters	Mandi	35 km
Nearest railway station	Summer Hill	36 km

Villages closest to Dhamasan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dhamasan village had a population of 355. That makes it the 25th largest of the 197 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 176 residents.

Dhamasan village has 181 males and 174 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dhamasan has about 961 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 979.

The pincode recorded for Dhamasan is 175031. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dhamasan covers 72.86 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dhamasan falls under Nihri tehsil of Mandi district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Dhamasan is Summer Hill, about 36 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 village for Dhamasan.

Dhamasan is about 35 km from Mandi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dhamasan is in Nihri tehsil of Mandi district. Sundarnagar is about 20 km away. Nihri is about 21 km away. Mandi is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.