About Danda Village

Danda is a large village in Paonta Sahib tehsil, in the district of Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,003, made up of 1,030 males and 973 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 945 females per 1000 males. The village covers 191 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173025, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Danda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Danda village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Sirmaur
Tehsil	Paonta Sahib
Pincode	173025
Area (hectares)	191 hectares
Population	2,003
Male Population	1,030
Female Population	973
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	945
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Danda compares

By the 2011 count Danda is the 11th largest of the 140 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 943 residents. Its 191 hectares work out to about 10 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 915.

Getting to Danda

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

Danda lies about 33 km from Sirmaur, and the nearest railway station is Dehradun, about 39 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 Danda
Tehsil headquarters	Paonta Sahib	12 km
Nearest town	Pāonta Sāhib	12 km
District headquarters	Sirmaur	33 km
Nearest railway station	Dehradun	39 km

Villages closest to Danda

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Paonta Sahib 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 Danda

As per the Census of India 2011, Danda village had a population of 2,003. That makes it the 11th largest of the 140 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 943 residents.

Danda village has 1,030 males and 973 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Danda has about 945 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 915.

The pincode recorded for Danda is 173025. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Danda covers 191 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 10 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Danda falls under Paonta Sahib tehsil of Sirmaur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Danda is Dehradun, about 39 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 Danda.

Danda is about 33 km from Sirmaur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Danda is in Paonta Sahib tehsil of Sirmaur district. Paonta Sahib is about 12 km away. Pāonta Sāhib is about 12 km away. Sirmaur is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.