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About Dangrog Village

Dangrog is a small village in Arki tehsil, in the district of Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 15, made up of 8 males and 7 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 875 females per 1000 males. The village covers 23.51 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173208, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dangrog Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dangrog village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Solan
Tehsil Arki
Pincode 173208
Area (hectares) 23.51 hectares
Population 15
Male Population 8
Female Population 7
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 875
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Dangrog compares

By the 2011 count Dangrog is the 272nd largest of the 290 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 181 residents. Its 23.51 hectares work out to about 0.6 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 1020.

Getting to Dangrog

Dangrog is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Dangrog as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Dangrog from other places

Dangrog lies about 11 km from Solan, and the nearest railway station is Kandaghat, about 6.7 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 Dangrog
Nearest railway station Kandaghat 6.7 km
District headquarters Solan 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Arki 19 km

Villages closest to Dangrog

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dangrog village had a population of 15. That makes it the 272nd largest of the 290 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 181 residents.

Dangrog village has 8 males and 7 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dangrog has about 875 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1020.

The pincode recorded for Dangrog is 173208. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dangrog covers 23.51 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Dangrog falls under Arki tehsil of Solan district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Dangrog is Kandaghat, about 6.7 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 10+ km distance for Dangrog.

Dangrog is about 11 km from Solan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dangrog is in Arki tehsil of Solan district. Kandaghat is about 6.7 km away. Solan is about 11 km away. Arki is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kahrog (under 2 km), Bani (2.1 km) and Jangal Bani (2.1 km).

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

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