About Dharan Village

Dharan is a small village in Chaupal tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 333, made up of 155 males and 178 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,148 females per 1000 males. The village covers 154.09 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171211, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dharan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dharan village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Chaupal
Pincode	171211
Area (hectares)	154.09 hectares
Population	333
Male Population	155
Female Population	178
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,148
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dharan compares

By the 2011 count Dharan is the 21st largest of the 158 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 185 residents. Its 154.09 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 945.

Getting to Dharan

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

Dharan lies about 32 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Salogra, about 26 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 Dharan
Tehsil headquarters	Chaupal	19 km
Nearest railway station	Salogra	26 km
Nearest town	Solan	27 km
District headquarters	Shimla	32 km

Villages closest to Dharan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dharan village had a population of 333. That makes it the 21st largest of the 158 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 185 residents.

Dharan village has 155 males and 178 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dharan has about 1148 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 945.

The pincode recorded for Dharan is 171211. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dharan covers 154.09 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dharan falls under Chaupal tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Dharan is Salogra, about 26 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 Dharan.

Dharan is about 32 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dharan is in Chaupal tehsil of Shimla district. Chaupal is about 19 km away. Salogra is about 26 km away. Solan is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.