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About Ded Village

Ded is a small village in Kandaghat tehsil, in the district of Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 201, made up of 112 males and 89 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 795 females per 1000 males. The village covers 41.72 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173215, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ded Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ded village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Solan
Tehsil Kandaghat
Pincode 173215
Area (hectares) 41.72 hectares
Population 201
Male Population 112
Female Population 89
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 795
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Ded compares

By the 2011 count Ded is the 54th largest of the 252 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 153 residents. Its 41.72 hectares work out to about 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 967.

Getting to Ded

Ded is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Ded 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Ded from other places

Ded lies about 5.5 km from Solan, and the nearest railway station is Kandaghat, about under 2 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 Ded
Nearest railway station Kandaghat under 2 km
District headquarters Solan 5.5 km

Villages closest to Ded

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.

Common questions about Ded

As per the Census of India 2011, Ded village had a population of 201. That makes it the 54th largest of the 252 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 153 residents.

Ded village has 112 males and 89 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ded has about 795 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 967.

The pincode recorded for Ded is 173215. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ded covers 41.72 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Ded is Kandaghat, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Ded.

Ded is about 5.5 km from Solan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ded is in Kandaghat tehsil of Solan district. Kandaghat is about under 2 km away. Solan is about 5.5 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mahi (under 2 km), Dablog (under 2 km) and Khadar (under 2 km).

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

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