About Dhalani Village

Dhalani is a mid sized village in Vikasnagar tehsil, in the district of Dehradun, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 535, made up of 285 males and 250 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 877 females per 1000 males. The village covers 582.23 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 248197, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dhalani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dhalani village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Dehradun
Tehsil	Vikasnagar
Pincode	248197
Area (hectares)	582.23 hectares
Population	535
Male Population	285
Female Population	250
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	877
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dhalani compares

By the 2011 count Dhalani is the 95th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,949 residents. Its 582.23 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 908.

Getting to Dhalani

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

Dhalani lies about 17 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 Dhalani
Nearest town	Mussoorie	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Vikasnagar	15 km
District headquarters	Dehradun	17 km

Villages closest to Dhalani

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dhalani village had a population of 535. That makes it the 95th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,949 residents.

Dhalani village has 285 males and 250 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dhalani has about 877 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 908.

The pincode recorded for Dhalani is 248197. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dhalani covers 582.23 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Dhalani falls under Vikasnagar tehsil of Dehradun district in Uttarakhand.

The census record for Dhalani 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 Dhalani.

Dhalani is about 17 km from Dehradun in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dhalani is in Vikasnagar tehsil of Dehradun district. Mussoorie is about 14 km away. Vikasnagar is about 15 km away. Dehradun is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.