About Dhangwi Kalan Village

Dhangwi Kalan is a small village in Kotkhai tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 226, made up of 113 males and 113 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 63 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171202, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dhangwi Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dhangwi Kalan village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Kotkhai
Pincode	171202
Area (hectares)	63 hectares
Population	226
Male Population	113
Female Population	113
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dhangwi Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Dhangwi Kalan is the 62nd largest of the 217 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 174 residents. Its 63 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 981.

Getting to Dhangwi Kalan

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

Dhangwi Kalan lies about 29 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Salogra, about 19 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 Dhangwi Kalan
Nearest railway station	Salogra	19 km
Nearest town	Solan	21 km
District headquarters	Shimla	29 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kotkhai	34 km

Villages closest to Dhangwi Kalan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kotkhai 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 Dhangwi Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Dhangwi Kalan village had a population of 226. That makes it the 62nd largest of the 217 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 174 residents.

Dhangwi Kalan village has 113 males and 113 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dhangwi Kalan has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 981.

The pincode recorded for Dhangwi Kalan is 171202. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dhangwi Kalan covers 63 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dhangwi Kalan falls under Kotkhai tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Dhangwi Kalan is Salogra, about 19 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 Dhangwi Kalan.

Dhangwi Kalan is about 29 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dhangwi Kalan is in Kotkhai tehsil of Shimla district. Salogra is about 19 km away. Solan is about 21 km away. Shimla is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.