About Dawanti Village

Dawanti is a small village in Kandaghat tehsil, in the district of Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 408, made up of 200 males and 208 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,040 females per 1000 males. The village covers 213.23 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173222, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dawanti Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dawanti village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Solan
Tehsil	Kandaghat
Pincode	173222
Area (hectares)	213.23 hectares
Population	408
Male Population	200
Female Population	208
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,040
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dawanti compares

By the 2011 count Dawanti is the 17th largest of the 252 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 153 residents. Its 213.23 hectares work out to about 1.9 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 967.

Getting to Dawanti

Dawanti is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Dawanti as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Dawanti from other places

Dawanti lies about 26 km from Solan, and the nearest railway station is Salogra, about 26 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 Dawanti
Nearest town	Nāhan	22 km
District headquarters	Solan	26 km
Nearest railway station	Salogra	26 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kandaghat	30 km

Villages closest to Dawanti

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dawanti village had a population of 408. That makes it the 17th largest of the 252 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 153 residents.

Dawanti village has 200 males and 208 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dawanti has about 1040 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 967.

The pincode recorded for Dawanti is 173222. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dawanti covers 213.23 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Dawanti falls under Kandaghat tehsil of Solan district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Dawanti is Salogra, about 26 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 5 - 10 km distance for Dawanti.

Dawanti 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.

Dawanti is in Kandaghat tehsil of Solan district. Nāhan is about 22 km away. Solan is about 26 km away. Salogra is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.