About Dharangan Village

Dharangan is a small village in Padhar tehsil, in the district of Mandi, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 245, made up of 126 males and 119 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 944 females per 1000 males. The village covers 75.94 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176122, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dharangan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dharangan village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Mandi
Tehsil	Padhar
Pincode	176122
Area (hectares)	75.94 hectares
Population	245
Male Population	126
Female Population	119
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	944
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dharangan compares

By the 2011 count Dharangan is the 84th largest of the 190 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 256 residents. Its 75.94 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 993.

Getting to Dharangan

Dharangan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Dharangan 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 Dharangan from other places

Dharangan lies about 33 km from Mandi, and the nearest railway station is Jutogh, about 40 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 Dharangan
Nearest town	Sundarnagar	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Padhar	28 km
District headquarters	Mandi	33 km
Nearest railway station	Jutogh	40 km

Villages closest to Dharangan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dharangan village had a population of 245. That makes it the 84th largest of the 190 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 256 residents.

Dharangan village has 126 males and 119 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dharangan has about 944 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 993.

The pincode recorded for Dharangan is 176122. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dharangan covers 75.94 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dharangan falls under Padhar tehsil of Mandi district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Dharangan is Jutogh, about 40 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 Dharangan.

Dharangan is about 33 km from Mandi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dharangan is in Padhar tehsil of Mandi district. Sundarnagar is about 13 km away. Padhar is about 28 km away. Mandi is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.