About Dharot Village

Dharot is a small village in Rohru tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 292, made up of 145 males and 147 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,014 females per 1000 males. The village covers 130.31 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171207, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dharot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dharot village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Rohru
Pincode	171207
Area (hectares)	130.31 hectares
Population	292
Male Population	145
Female Population	147
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,014
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dharot compares

By the 2011 count Dharot is the 63rd largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 330 residents. Its 130.31 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 938.

Getting to Dharot

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

Dharot lies about 49 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 Dharot
Tehsil headquarters	Rohru	11 km
District headquarters	Shimla	49 km

Villages closest to Dharot

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dharot village had a population of 292. That makes it the 63rd largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 330 residents.

Dharot village has 145 males and 147 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dharot has about 1014 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 938.

The pincode recorded for Dharot is 171207. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dharot covers 130.31 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dharot falls under Rohru tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Dharot 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 Dharot.

Dharot is about 49 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dharot is in Rohru tehsil of Shimla district. Rohru is about 11 km away. Shimla is about 49 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.