About Dangal Gaon Village

Dangal Gaon is a small village in Dhoomakot tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 280, made up of 124 males and 156 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,258 females per 1000 males. The village covers 151.84 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246161, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dangal Gaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dangal Gaon village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	Dhoomakot
Pincode	246161
Area (hectares)	151.84 hectares
Population	280
Male Population	124
Female Population	156
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,258
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dangal Gaon compares

By the 2011 count Dangal Gaon is the 21st largest of the 329 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 119 residents. Its 151.84 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1280.

Getting to Dangal Gaon

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

Dangal Gaon lies about 5.9 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 16 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 Dangal Gaon
Tehsil headquarters	Dhoomakot	5.9 km
District headquarters	Garhwal	5.9 km
Nearest town	Kotdwāra	16 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	16 km

Villages closest to Dangal Gaon

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dhoomakot 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 Dangal Gaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Dangal Gaon village had a population of 280. That makes it the 21st largest of the 329 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 119 residents.

Dangal Gaon village has 124 males and 156 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dangal Gaon has about 1258 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1280.

The pincode recorded for Dangal Gaon is 246161. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dangal Gaon covers 151.84 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Dangal Gaon falls under Dhoomakot tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Dangal Gaon is Kotdwara, about 16 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 Dangal Gaon.

Dangal Gaon is about 5.9 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dangal Gaon is in Dhoomakot tehsil of Garhwal district. Dhoomakot is about 5.9 km away. Garhwal is about 5.9 km away. Kotdwāra is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.