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About Dhar Brahmanan Village

Dhar Brahmanan is a small village in Arki tehsil, in the district of Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 120, made up of 60 males and 60 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 35 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173221, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dhar Brahmanan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dhar Brahmanan village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Solan
Tehsil Arki
Pincode 173221
Area (hectares) 35 hectares
Population 120
Male Population 60
Female Population 60
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Dhar Brahmanan compares

By the 2011 count Dhar Brahmanan is the 133rd largest of the 290 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 181 residents. Its 35 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1020.

Getting to Dhar Brahmanan

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

Dhar Brahmanan lies about 22 km from Solan, and the nearest railway station is Jutogh, about 9.7 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 Dhar Brahmanan
Tehsil headquarters Arki 8.2 km
Nearest railway station Jutogh 9.7 km
Nearest town Shimla 14 km
District headquarters Solan 22 km

Villages closest to Dhar Brahmanan

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 Dhar Brahmanan

As per the Census of India 2011, Dhar Brahmanan village had a population of 120. That makes it the 133rd largest of the 290 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 181 residents.

Dhar Brahmanan village has 60 males and 60 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dhar Brahmanan has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1020.

The pincode recorded for Dhar Brahmanan is 173221. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dhar Brahmanan covers 35 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dhar Brahmanan falls under Arki tehsil of Solan district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Dhar Brahmanan is Jutogh, about 9.7 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 village for Dhar Brahmanan.

Dhar Brahmanan is about 22 km from Solan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dhar Brahmanan is in Arki tehsil of Solan district. Arki is about 8.2 km away. Jutogh is about 9.7 km away. Shimla is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dhar Jatan (under 2 km), Dhar Saug (under 2 km) and Jangal Dhar (under 2 km).

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

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