About Dalan Village

Dalan is a small village in Kumharsain tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 467, made up of 219 males and 248 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,132 females per 1000 males. The village covers 144.53 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 172030, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dalan village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Kumharsain
Pincode	172030
Area (hectares)	144.53 hectares
Population	467
Male Population	219
Female Population	248
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,132
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dalan compares

By the 2011 count Dalan is the 21st largest of the 169 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 248 residents. Its 144.53 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1004.

Getting to Dalan

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

Dalan lies about 39 km from Shimla. 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 Dalan
Tehsil headquarters	Kumharsain	3.3 km
District headquarters	Shimla	39 km

Villages closest to Dalan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dalan village had a population of 467. That makes it the 21st largest of the 169 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 248 residents.

Dalan village has 219 males and 248 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dalan has about 1132 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Dalan is 172030. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dalan covers 144.53 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dalan falls under Kumharsain tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Dalan notes the nearest railway station 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 Dalan.

Dalan is about 39 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dalan is in Kumharsain tehsil of Shimla district. Kumharsain is about 3.3 km away. Shimla is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.