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About Patharangal Village

Patharangal is a small village in Darlaghat tehsil, in the district of Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 61, made up of 29 males and 32 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,103 females per 1000 males. The village covers 37.15 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171102, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Patharangal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Patharangal village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Solan
Tehsil Darlaghat
Pincode 171102
Area (hectares) 37.15 hectares
Population 61
Male Population 29
Female Population 32
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,103
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Patharangal compares

By the 2011 count Patharangal is the 145th largest of the 180 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 194 residents. Its 37.15 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1006.

Getting to Patharangal

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

Patharangal lies about 6.9 km from Solan. 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 Patharangal
Tehsil headquarters Darlaghat 6.9 km
District headquarters Solan 6.9 km

Villages closest to Patharangal

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.

Common questions about Patharangal

As per the Census of India 2011, Patharangal village had a population of 61. That makes it the 145th largest of the 180 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 194 residents.

Patharangal village has 29 males and 32 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Patharangal has about 1103 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1006.

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

Patharangal covers 37.15 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The census record for Patharangal notes the nearest railway station 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 Patharangal.

Patharangal is about 6.9 km from Solan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Patharangal is in Darlaghat tehsil of Solan district. Darlaghat is about 6.9 km away. Solan is about 6.9 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sahnali (2.4 km), Chamakari (2.8 km) and Kotla (3.6 km).

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

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