About Dakana Village

Dakana is a small village in Theog tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 177, made up of 95 males and 82 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 863 females per 1000 males. The village covers 117.58 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dakana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dakana village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Theog
Pincode	171201
Area (hectares)	117.58 hectares
Population	177
Male Population	95
Female Population	82
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	863
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dakana compares

By the 2011 count Dakana is the 181st largest of the 425 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 180 residents. Its 117.58 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 990.

Getting to Dakana

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

Dakana lies about 22 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 Dakana
Tehsil headquarters	Theog	5.7 km
District headquarters	Shimla	22 km

Villages closest to Dakana

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 Dakana

As per the Census of India 2011, Dakana village had a population of 177. That makes it the 181st largest of the 425 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 180 residents.

Dakana village has 95 males and 82 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dakana has about 863 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 Dakana is 171201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dakana covers 117.58 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The census record for Dakana 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 Dakana.

Dakana is about 22 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dakana is in Theog tehsil of Shimla district. Theog is about 5.7 km away. Shimla is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.