About Dhanewal Village

Dhanewal is a small village in Theog tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 70, made up of 39 males and 31 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 795 females per 1000 males. The village covers 30.34 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dhanewal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dhanewal village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Theog
Pincode	171201
Area (hectares)	30.34 hectares
Population	70
Male Population	39
Female Population	31
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	795
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Dhanewal compares

By the 2011 count Dhanewal is the 321st largest of the 425 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 180 residents. Its 30.34 hectares work out to about 2.3 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 990.

Getting to Dhanewal

Dhanewal is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Dhanewal as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Dhanewal from other places

Dhanewal lies about 23 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 Dhanewal
Tehsil headquarters	Theog	17 km
District headquarters	Shimla	23 km

Villages closest to Dhanewal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dhanewal village had a population of 70. That makes it the 321st largest of the 425 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 180 residents.

Dhanewal village has 39 males and 31 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dhanewal has about 795 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 990.

The pincode recorded for Dhanewal is 171201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dhanewal covers 30.34 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dhanewal falls under Theog tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Dhanewal notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Dhanewal.

Dhanewal is about 23 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dhanewal is in Theog tehsil of Shimla district. Theog is about 17 km away. Shimla is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.