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About Doji Dhar Village

Doji Dhar is a small village in Shimla Rural tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 28, made up of 13 males and 15 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,154 females per 1000 males. The village covers 10.36 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171007, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Doji Dhar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Doji Dhar village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Shimla
Tehsil Shimla Rural
Pincode 171007
Area (hectares) 10.36 hectares
Population 28
Male Population 13
Female Population 15
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,154
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Doji Dhar compares

By the 2011 count Doji Dhar is the 438th largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 154 residents. Its 10.36 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 987.

Getting to Doji Dhar

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

Doji Dhar 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 Doji Dhar
Nearest town Solan 7.4 km
Nearest railway station Salogra 7.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Shimla Rural 25 km
District headquarters Shimla 25 km

Villages closest to Doji Dhar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Shimla Rural 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.

Common questions about Doji Dhar

As per the Census of India 2011, Doji Dhar village had a population of 28. That makes it the 438th largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 154 residents.

Doji Dhar village has 13 males and 15 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Doji Dhar has about 1154 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 987.

The pincode recorded for Doji Dhar is 171007. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Doji Dhar covers 10.36 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Doji Dhar falls under Shimla Rural tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Doji Dhar 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 village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Doji Dhar.

Doji Dhar 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.

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

The closest recorded villages are Ajdhar (under 2 km), Dhar (under 2 km) and Dhari Ghat (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Doji Dhar today is likely to be higher.

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