About Damehr Village

Damehr is a mid sized village in Kandaghat tehsil, in the district of Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 616, made up of 310 males and 306 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 987 females per 1000 males. The village covers 310.86 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173234, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Damehr Overview

Census 2011 figures for Damehr village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Solan
Tehsil	Kandaghat
Pincode	173234
Area (hectares)	310.86 hectares
Population	616
Male Population	310
Female Population	306
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	987
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Damehr compares

By the 2011 count Damehr is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 153 residents. Its 310.86 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 967.

Getting to Damehr

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

Damehr lies about 25 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 Damehr
Nearest town	Shimla	10 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kandaghat	20 km
District headquarters	Solan	25 km

Villages closest to Damehr

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 Damehr

As per the Census of India 2011, Damehr village had a population of 616. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 153 residents.

Damehr village has 310 males and 306 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Damehr has about 987 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 967.

The pincode recorded for Damehr is 173234. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Damehr covers 310.86 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The census record for Damehr 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 Damehr.

Damehr is about 25 km from Solan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Damehr is in Kandaghat tehsil of Solan district. Shimla is about 10 km away. Kandaghat is about 20 km away. Solan is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.