About Dhangar Village

Dhangar is a small village in Lansdowne tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 182, made up of 73 males and 109 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,493 females per 1000 males. The village covers 153.48 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246128, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dhangar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dhangar village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	Lansdowne
Pincode	246128
Area (hectares)	153.48 hectares
Population	182
Male Population	73
Female Population	109
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,493
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dhangar compares

By the 2011 count Dhangar is the 138th largest of the 465 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 148 residents. Its 153.48 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1243.

Getting to Dhangar

Dhangar is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Dhangar as Available within 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 Dhangar from other places

Dhangar lies about 13 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 13 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 Dhangar
Nearest town	Kotdwāra	12 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	13 km
District headquarters	Garhwal	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Lansdowne	19 km

Villages closest to Dhangar

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 Dhangar

As per the Census of India 2011, Dhangar village had a population of 182. That makes it the 138th largest of the 465 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 148 residents.

Dhangar village has 73 males and 109 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dhangar has about 1493 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1243.

The pincode recorded for Dhangar is 246128. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dhangar covers 153.48 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Dhangar falls under Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Dhangar is Kotdwara, about 13 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 10+ km distance for Dhangar.

Dhangar is about 13 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dhangar is in Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district. Kotdwāra is about 12 km away. Kotdwara is about 13 km away. Garhwal is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.