About Dhangal Village

Dhangal is a small village in Kotdwara tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 23, made up of 12 males and 11 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 917 females per 1000 males. The village covers 33.88 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246144, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dhangal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dhangal village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	Kotdwara
Pincode	246144
Area (hectares)	33.88 hectares
Population	23
Male Population	12
Female Population	11
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	917
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dhangal compares

By the 2011 count Dhangal is the 268th largest of the 301 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 396 residents. Its 33.88 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1139.

Getting to Dhangal

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

Dhangal lies about 33 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 41 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 Dhangal
District headquarters	Garhwal	33 km
Nearest town	Kotdwāra	41 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	41 km

Villages closest to Dhangal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dhangal village had a population of 23. That makes it the 268th largest of the 301 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 396 residents.

Dhangal village has 12 males and 11 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dhangal has about 917 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1139.

The pincode recorded for Dhangal is 246144. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dhangal covers 33.88 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Dhangal falls under Kotdwara tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Dhangal is Kotdwara, about 41 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 10+ km distance for Dhangal.

Dhangal is about 33 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dhangal is in Kotdwara tehsil of Garhwal district. Garhwal is about 33 km away. Kotdwāra is about 41 km away. Kotdwara is about 41 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.