About Dang Village

Dang is a small village in Dhoomakot tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 164, made up of 80 males and 84 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,050 females per 1000 males. The village covers 64.08 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246276, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dang Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dang village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	Dhoomakot
Pincode	246276
Area (hectares)	64.08 hectares
Population	164
Male Population	80
Female Population	84
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,050
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dang compares

By the 2011 count Dang is the 84th largest of the 329 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 119 residents. Its 64.08 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1280.

Getting to Dang

Dang is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Dang as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Dang from other places

Dang lies about 24 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 35 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 Dang
Tehsil headquarters	Dhoomakot	24 km
District headquarters	Garhwal	24 km
Nearest town	Pauri	27 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	35 km

Villages closest to Dang

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 Dang

As per the Census of India 2011, Dang village had a population of 164. That makes it the 84th largest of the 329 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 119 residents.

Dang village has 80 males and 84 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dang has about 1050 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1280.

The pincode recorded for Dang is 246276. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dang covers 64.08 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dang falls under Dhoomakot tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Dang is Kotdwara, about 35 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Dang.

Dang is about 24 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dang is in Dhoomakot tehsil of Garhwal district. Dhoomakot is about 24 km away. Garhwal is about 24 km away. Pauri is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.