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About Khaska Dingar Village

Khaska Dingar is a small village in Pachhad tehsil, in the district of Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 352, made up of 188 males and 164 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 872 females per 1000 males. The village covers 220 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173024, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khaska Dingar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khaska Dingar village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Sirmaur
Tehsil Pachhad
Pincode 173024
Area (hectares) 220 hectares
Population 352
Male Population 188
Female Population 164
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 872
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khaska Dingar compares

By the 2011 count Khaska Dingar is the 29th largest of the 261 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 206 residents. Its 220 hectares work out to about 1.6 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 951.

Getting to Khaska Dingar

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

Khaska Dingar lies about 18 km from Sirmaur, and the nearest railway station is Barog, about 23 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 Khaska Dingar
Tehsil headquarters Pachhad 18 km
District headquarters Sirmaur 18 km
Nearest town Nāhan 20 km
Nearest railway station Barog 23 km

Villages closest to Khaska Dingar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Pachhad 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 Khaska Dingar

As per the Census of India 2011, Khaska Dingar village had a population of 352. That makes it the 29th largest of the 261 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 206 residents.

Khaska Dingar village has 188 males and 164 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khaska Dingar has about 872 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 951.

The pincode recorded for Khaska Dingar is 173024. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khaska Dingar covers 220 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khaska Dingar falls under Pachhad tehsil of Sirmaur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Khaska Dingar is Barog, about 23 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 Khaska Dingar.

Khaska Dingar 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.

Khaska Dingar is in Pachhad tehsil of Sirmaur district. Pachhad is about 18 km away. Sirmaur is about 18 km away. Nāhan is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dingri (under 2 km), Kot Dadol (under 2 km) and Arka Baryog (under 2 km).

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

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