About Dhaun Village

Dhaun is a small village in Lohaghat tehsil, in the district of Champawat, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 17, made up of 9 males and 8 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 889 females per 1000 males. The village covers 79.01 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262524, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dhaun Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dhaun village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Champawat
Tehsil	Lohaghat
Pincode	262524
Area (hectares)	79.01 hectares
Population	17
Male Population	9
Female Population	8
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	889
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dhaun compares

By the 2011 count Dhaun is the 247th largest of the 262 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 298 residents. Its 79.01 hectares work out to about 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1057.

Getting to Dhaun

Dhaun is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Dhaun as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Dhaun from other places

Dhaun lies about 7.9 km from Champawat, and the nearest railway station is Tanakpur, about 22 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 Dhaun
District headquarters	Champawat	7.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Lohaghat	15 km
Nearest railway station	Tanakpur	22 km
Nearest town	Pithorāgarh	37 km

Villages closest to Dhaun

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dhaun village had a population of 17. That makes it the 247th largest of the 262 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 298 residents.

Dhaun village has 9 males and 8 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dhaun has about 889 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1057.

The pincode recorded for Dhaun is 262524. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dhaun covers 79.01 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Dhaun falls under Lohaghat tehsil of Champawat district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Dhaun is Tanakpur, about 22 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Dhaun.

Dhaun is about 7.9 km from Champawat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dhaun is in Lohaghat tehsil of Champawat district. Champawat is about 7.9 km away. Lohaghat is about 15 km away. Tanakpur is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.