About Dashmeri Village

Dashmeri is a small village in Lansdowne tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 284, made up of 110 males and 174 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,582 females per 1000 males. The village covers 127.73 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246122, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dashmeri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dashmeri village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	Lansdowne
Pincode	246122
Area (hectares)	127.73 hectares
Population	284
Male Population	110
Female Population	174
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,582
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dashmeri compares

By the 2011 count Dashmeri is the 61st largest of the 465 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 148 residents. Its 127.73 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1243.

Getting to Dashmeri

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

Dashmeri lies about 16 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 24 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 Dashmeri
Tehsil headquarters	Lansdowne	16 km
District headquarters	Garhwal	16 km
Nearest town	Kotdwāra	24 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	24 km

Villages closest to Dashmeri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dashmeri village had a population of 284. That makes it the 61st largest of the 465 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 148 residents.

Dashmeri village has 110 males and 174 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dashmeri has about 1582 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1243.

The pincode recorded for Dashmeri is 246122. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dashmeri covers 127.73 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dashmeri falls under Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Dashmeri is Kotdwara, about 24 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Dashmeri.

Dashmeri is about 16 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dashmeri is in Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district. Lansdowne is about 16 km away. Garhwal is about 16 km away. Kotdwāra is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.