About Durang Village

Durang is a small village in Pachhad tehsil, in the district of Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 170, made up of 105 males and 65 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 619 females per 1000 males. The village covers 119 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173024, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Durang Overview

Census 2011 figures for Durang village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Sirmaur
Tehsil	Pachhad
Pincode	173024
Area (hectares)	119 hectares
Population	170
Male Population	105
Female Population	65
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	619
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Durang compares

By the 2011 count Durang is the 113th largest of the 261 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 206 residents. Its 119 hectares work out to about 1.4 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 Durang

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

Durang lies about 25 km from Sirmaur, and the nearest railway station is Barog, about 22 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 Durang
Nearest town	Nāhan	20 km
Nearest railway station	Barog	22 km
Tehsil headquarters	Pachhad	25 km
District headquarters	Sirmaur	25 km

Villages closest to Durang

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.

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Common questions about Durang

As per the Census of India 2011, Durang village had a population of 170. That makes it the 113th largest of the 261 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 206 residents.

Durang village has 105 males and 65 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Durang has about 619 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 Durang is 173024. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Durang covers 119 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Durang falls under Pachhad tehsil of Sirmaur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Durang is Barog, about 22 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 Durang.

Durang is about 25 km from Sirmaur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Durang is in Pachhad tehsil of Sirmaur district. Nāhan is about 20 km away. Barog is about 22 km away. Pachhad is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.