About Dhirath Village

Dhirath is a small village in Nahan tehsil, in the district of Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 138, made up of 73 males and 65 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 890 females per 1000 males. The village covers 79 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173001, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dhirath Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dhirath village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Sirmaur
Tehsil	Nahan
Pincode	173001
Area (hectares)	79 hectares
Population	138
Male Population	73
Female Population	65
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	890
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dhirath compares

By the 2011 count Dhirath is the 103rd largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 404 residents. Its 79 hectares work out to about 1.7 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 941.

Getting to Dhirath

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

Dhirath lies about 18 km from Sirmaur, and the nearest railway station is Barog, about 32 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 Dhirath
Tehsil headquarters	Nahan	9.8 km
Nearest town	Nāhan	9.8 km
District headquarters	Sirmaur	18 km
Nearest railway station	Barog	32 km

Villages closest to Dhirath

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 Dhirath

As per the Census of India 2011, Dhirath village had a population of 138. That makes it the 103rd largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 404 residents.

Dhirath village has 73 males and 65 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dhirath has about 890 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 941.

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

Dhirath covers 79 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Dhirath is Barog, about 32 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 Dhirath.

Dhirath 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.

Dhirath is in Nahan tehsil of Sirmaur district. Nahan is about 9.8 km away. Nāhan is about 9.8 km away. Sirmaur is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.