About Kangahan Village

Kangahan is a small village in Dadahu tehsil, in the district of Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 38, made up of 18 males and 20 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,111 females per 1000 males. The village covers 40 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173001, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kangahan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kangahan village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Sirmaur
Tehsil	Dadahu
Pincode	173001
Area (hectares)	40 hectares
Population	38
Male Population	18
Female Population	20
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,111
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kangahan compares

By the 2011 count Kangahan is the 68th largest of the 72 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 242 residents. Its 40 hectares work out to about 0.9 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 Kangahan

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

How far is Kangahan from other places

Kangahan lies about 24 km from Sirmaur, and the nearest railway station is Barog, about 24 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 Kangahan
Nearest town	Nāhan	18 km
Nearest railway station	Barog	24 km
District headquarters	Sirmaur	24 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dadahu	27 km

Villages closest to Kangahan

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.

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Common questions about Kangahan

As per the Census of India 2011, Kangahan village had a population of 38. That makes it the 68th largest of the 72 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 242 residents.

Kangahan village has 18 males and 20 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kangahan has about 1111 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1006.

The pincode recorded for Kangahan is 173001. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kangahan covers 40 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kangahan falls under Dadahu tehsil of Sirmaur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Kangahan is Barog, about 24 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Kangahan.

Kangahan is about 24 km from Sirmaur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kangahan is in Dadahu tehsil of Sirmaur district. Nāhan is about 18 km away. Barog is about 24 km away. Sirmaur is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.