About Dhangtana Village

Dhangtana is a small village in Kharar tehsil, in the district of Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 264, made up of 145 males and 119 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 821 females per 1000 males. The village covers 71 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 140901, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dhangtana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dhangtana village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar
Tehsil	Kharar
Pincode	140901
Area (hectares)	71 hectares
Population	264
Male Population	145
Female Population	119
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	821
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Dhangtana compares

By the 2011 count Dhangtana is the 160th largest of the 179 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 923 residents. Its 71 hectares work out to about 3.7 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 875.

Getting to Dhangtana

Dhangtana is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Dhangtana as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Dhangtana from other places

Dhangtana lies about 41 km from Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar, and the nearest railway station is Ghanauli, about 7.2 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 Dhangtana
Nearest railway station	Ghanauli	7.2 km
Nearest town	Baddi	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kharar	33 km
District headquarters	Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar	41 km

Villages closest to Dhangtana

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dhangtana village had a population of 264. That makes it the 160th largest of the 179 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 923 residents.

Dhangtana village has 145 males and 119 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dhangtana has about 821 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 875.

The pincode recorded for Dhangtana is 140901. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dhangtana covers 71 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dhangtana falls under Kharar tehsil of Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Dhangtana is Ghanauli, about 7.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Dhangtana.

Dhangtana is about 41 km from Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dhangtana is in Kharar tehsil of Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar district. Ghanauli is about 7.2 km away. Baddi is about 15 km away. Kharar is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.