About Dohchi Village

Dohchi is a small village in Arki tehsil, in the district of Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 113, made up of 61 males and 52 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 852 females per 1000 males. The village covers 178.11 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173207, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dohchi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dohchi village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Solan
Tehsil	Arki
Pincode	173207
Area (hectares)	178.11 hectares
Population	113
Male Population	61
Female Population	52
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	852
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dohchi compares

By the 2011 count Dohchi is the 146th largest of the 290 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 181 residents. Its 178.11 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 Dohchi

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

Dohchi lies about 28 km from Solan, and the nearest railway station is Jutogh, about 10 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 Dohchi
Tehsil headquarters	Arki	6.2 km
Nearest railway station	Jutogh	10 km
Nearest town	Shimla	14 km
District headquarters	Solan	28 km

Villages closest to Dohchi

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.

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Common questions about Dohchi

As per the Census of India 2011, Dohchi village had a population of 113. That makes it the 146th largest of the 290 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 181 residents.

Dohchi village has 61 males and 52 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dohchi has about 852 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 Dohchi is 173207. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dohchi covers 178.11 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.

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

The nearest railway station to Dohchi is Jutogh, about 10 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 Dohchi.

Dohchi is about 28 km from Solan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dohchi is in Arki tehsil of Solan district. Arki is about 6.2 km away. Jutogh is about 10 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.