About Dangrahan Village

Dangrahan is a small village in Nahan tehsil, in the district of Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 235, made up of 115 males and 120 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,043 females per 1000 males. The village covers 109 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173001, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dangrahan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dangrahan village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Sirmaur
Tehsil	Nahan
Pincode	173001
Area (hectares)	109 hectares
Population	235
Male Population	115
Female Population	120
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,043
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dangrahan compares

By the 2011 count Dangrahan is the 73rd largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 404 residents. Its 109 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 941.

Getting to Dangrahan

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

Dangrahan lies about 18 km from Sirmaur, and the nearest railway station is Yamunanagar Jagadhri, about 54 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 Dangrahan
Nearest town	Pāonta Sāhib	17 km
District headquarters	Sirmaur	18 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nahan	22 km
Nearest railway station	Yamunanagar Jagadhri	54 km

Villages closest to Dangrahan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dangrahan village had a population of 235. That makes it the 73rd largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 404 residents.

Dangrahan village has 115 males and 120 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dangrahan has about 1043 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 941.

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

Dangrahan covers 109 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dangrahan falls under Nahan tehsil of Sirmaur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Dangrahan is Yamunanagar Jagadhri, about 54 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 5 - 10 km distance for Dangrahan.

Dangrahan is about 18 km from Sirmaur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dangrahan is in Nahan tehsil of Sirmaur district. Pāonta Sāhib is about 17 km away. Sirmaur is about 18 km away. Nahan is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.