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About Dungi Kandyon Village

Dungi Kandyon is a small village in Dadahu tehsil, in the district of Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 458, made up of 218 males and 240 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,101 females per 1000 males. The village covers 372.89 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173022, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dungi Kandyon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dungi Kandyon village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Sirmaur
Tehsil Dadahu
Pincode 173022
Area (hectares) 372.89 hectares
Population 458
Male Population 218
Female Population 240
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,101
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Dungi Kandyon compares

By the 2011 count Dungi Kandyon is the 7th largest of the 72 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 242 residents. Its 372.89 hectares work out to about 1.2 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 1006.

Getting to Dungi Kandyon

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

Dungi Kandyon lies about 9.6 km from Sirmaur, and the nearest railway station is Barog, about 45 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 Dungi Kandyon
Tehsil headquarters Dadahu 1.5 km
District headquarters Sirmaur 9.6 km
Nearest town Nāhan 14 km
Nearest railway station Barog 45 km

Villages closest to Dungi Kandyon

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dadahu 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 Dungi Kandyon

As per the Census of India 2011, Dungi Kandyon village had a population of 458. That makes it the 7th largest of the 72 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 242 residents.

Dungi Kandyon village has 218 males and 240 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dungi Kandyon has about 1101 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1006.

The pincode recorded for Dungi Kandyon is 173022. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dungi Kandyon covers 372.89 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Dungi Kandyon falls under Dadahu tehsil of Sirmaur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Dungi Kandyon is Barog, about 45 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 village for Dungi Kandyon.

Dungi Kandyon is about 9.6 km from Sirmaur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dungi Kandyon is in Dadahu tehsil of Sirmaur district. Dadahu is about 1.5 km away. Sirmaur is about 9.6 km away. Nāhan is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chuli Dadahu (1.5 km), Narayan (1.6 km) and Panar Kalyana (2.0 km).

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

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