About Dawan Village

Dawan is a small village in Darlaghat tehsil, in the district of Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 159, made up of 86 males and 73 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 849 females per 1000 males. The village covers 24.69 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171102, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dawan village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Solan
Tehsil	Darlaghat
Pincode	171102
Area (hectares)	24.69 hectares
Population	159
Male Population	86
Female Population	73
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	849
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dawan compares

By the 2011 count Dawan is the 77th largest of the 180 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 194 residents. Its 24.69 hectares work out to about 6.4 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1006.

Getting to Dawan

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

Dawan lies about 26 km from Solan, and the nearest railway station is Barog, about 27 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 Dawan
Nearest town	Nāhan	19 km
Tehsil headquarters	Darlaghat	26 km
District headquarters	Solan	26 km
Nearest railway station	Barog	27 km

Villages closest to Dawan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dawan village had a population of 159. That makes it the 77th largest of the 180 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 194 residents.

Dawan village has 86 males and 73 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dawan has about 849 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1006.

The pincode recorded for Dawan is 171102. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dawan covers 24.69 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.4 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Dawan falls under Darlaghat tehsil of Solan district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Dawan is Barog, about 27 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 Dawan.

Dawan is about 26 km from Solan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dawan is in Darlaghat tehsil of Solan district. Nāhan is about 19 km away. Darlaghat is about 26 km away. Solan is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.