About Dharonk Village

Dharonk is a small village in Kotkhai tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 123, made up of 66 males and 57 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 864 females per 1000 males. The village covers 52 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171202, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dharonk Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dharonk village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Kotkhai
Pincode	171202
Area (hectares)	52 hectares
Population	123
Male Population	66
Female Population	57
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	864
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dharonk compares

By the 2011 count Dharonk is the 123rd largest of the 217 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 174 residents. Its 52 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 981.

Getting to Dharonk

Dharonk is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Dharonk as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Dharonk from other places

Dharonk 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 Dharonk
Nearest railway station	Salogra	26 km
Nearest town	Solan	28 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kotkhai	28 km
District headquarters	Shimla	32 km

Villages closest to Dharonk

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 Dharonk

As per the Census of India 2011, Dharonk village had a population of 123. That makes it the 123rd largest of the 217 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 174 residents.

Dharonk village has 66 males and 57 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dharonk has about 864 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 981.

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

Dharonk covers 52 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dharonk falls under Kotkhai tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Dharonk 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 5 - 10 km distance for Dharonk.

Dharonk 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.

Dharonk is in Kotkhai tehsil of Shimla district. Salogra is about 26 km away. Solan is about 28 km away. Kotkhai is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.