About Dahan Village

Dahan is a small village in Rajgarh tehsil, in the district of Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 391, made up of 193 males and 198 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,026 females per 1000 males. The village covers 106 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dahan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dahan village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Sirmaur
Tehsil	Rajgarh
Pincode	173101
Area (hectares)	106 hectares
Population	391
Male Population	193
Female Population	198
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,026
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dahan compares

By the 2011 count Dahan is the 40th largest of the 140 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 328 residents. Its 106 hectares work out to about 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 946.

Getting to Dahan

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

Dahan lies about 32 km from Sirmaur, and the nearest railway station is Koti, about 18 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 Dahan
Nearest railway station	Koti	18 km
Nearest town	Pinjaur	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Rajgarh	25 km
District headquarters	Sirmaur	32 km

Villages closest to Dahan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dahan village had a population of 391. That makes it the 40th largest of the 140 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 328 residents.

Dahan village has 193 males and 198 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dahan has about 1026 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 946.

The pincode recorded for Dahan is 173101. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dahan covers 106 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dahan falls under Rajgarh tehsil of Sirmaur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Dahan is Koti, about 18 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 Dahan.

Dahan is about 32 km from Sirmaur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dahan is in Rajgarh tehsil of Sirmaur district. Koti is about 18 km away. Pinjaur is about 20 km away. Rajgarh is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.