About Danda Village

Danda is a small village in Kalsi tehsil, in the district of Dehradun, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 267, made up of 152 males and 115 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 757 females per 1000 males. The village covers 142.56 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 248158, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Danda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Danda village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Dehradun
Tehsil	Kalsi
Pincode	248158
Area (hectares)	142.56 hectares
Population	267
Male Population	152
Female Population	115
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	757
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Danda compares

By the 2011 count Danda is the 56th largest of the 167 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 282 residents. Its 142.56 hectares work out to about 1.9 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 948.

Getting to Danda

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

Danda lies about 34 km from Dehradun. 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 Danda
Tehsil headquarters	Kalsi	5.6 km
Nearest town	Pāonta Sāhib	19 km
District headquarters	Dehradun	34 km

Villages closest to Danda

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Danda village had a population of 267. That makes it the 56th largest of the 167 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 282 residents.

Danda village has 152 males and 115 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Danda has about 757 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 948.

The pincode recorded for Danda is 248158. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Danda covers 142.56 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.

Danda falls under Kalsi tehsil of Dehradun district in Uttarakhand.

The census record for Danda notes the nearest railway station 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 Danda.

Danda is about 34 km from Dehradun in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Danda is in Kalsi tehsil of Dehradun district. Kalsi is about 5.6 km away. Pāonta Sāhib is about 19 km away. Dehradun is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.