About Dhar Gewas Village

Dhar Gewas is a small village in Chirgaon tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 99, made up of 49 males and 50 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,020 females per 1000 males. The village covers 975 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171214, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dhar Gewas Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dhar Gewas village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Chirgaon
Pincode	171214
Area (hectares)	975 hectares
Population	99
Male Population	49
Female Population	50
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,020
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dhar Gewas compares

By the 2011 count Dhar Gewas is the 100th largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 397 residents. Its 975 hectares work out to about 0.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 954.

Getting to Dhar Gewas

Dhar Gewas is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Dhar Gewas as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Dhar Gewas from other places

Dhar Gewas lies about 25 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Salogra, about 7.5 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.

Distances from Dhar Gewas
Nearest town	Solan	7.4 km
Nearest railway station	Salogra	7.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chirgaon	25 km
District headquarters	Shimla	25 km

Villages closest to Dhar Gewas

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Chirgaon 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 Dhar Gewas

As per the Census of India 2011, Dhar Gewas village had a population of 99. That makes it the 100th largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 397 residents.

Dhar Gewas village has 49 males and 50 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dhar Gewas has about 1020 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 954.

The pincode recorded for Dhar Gewas is 171214. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dhar Gewas covers 975 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Dhar Gewas falls under Chirgaon tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Dhar Gewas is Salogra, about 7.5 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Dhar Gewas.

Dhar Gewas is about 25 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dhar Gewas is in Chirgaon tehsil of Shimla district. Solan is about 7.4 km away. Salogra is about 7.5 km away. Chirgaon is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.