About Dohan Village

Dohan is a small village in Theog tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 255, made up of 122 males and 133 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,090 females per 1000 males. The village covers 139 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171209, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dohan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dohan village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Theog
Pincode	171209
Area (hectares)	139 hectares
Population	255
Male Population	122
Female Population	133
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,090
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dohan compares

By the 2011 count Dohan is the 104th largest of the 425 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 180 residents. Its 139 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 990.

Getting to Dohan

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

Dohan lies about 19 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 Dohan
Tehsil headquarters	Theog	6.4 km
District headquarters	Shimla	19 km

Villages closest to Dohan

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 Dohan

As per the Census of India 2011, Dohan village had a population of 255. That makes it the 104th largest of the 425 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 180 residents.

Dohan village has 122 males and 133 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dohan has about 1090 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 990.

The pincode recorded for Dohan is 171209. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dohan covers 139 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The census record for Dohan 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 Dohan.

Dohan is about 19 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dohan is in Theog tehsil of Shimla district. Theog is about 6.4 km away. Shimla is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.