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About Dangi Village

Dangi is a small village in Yamkeshwar tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 195, made up of 81 males and 114 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,407 females per 1000 males. The village covers 82.73 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246144, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dangi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dangi village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Garhwal
Tehsil Yamkeshwar
Pincode 246144
Area (hectares) 82.73 hectares
Population 195
Male Population 81
Female Population 114
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,407
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 Dangi compares

By the 2011 count Dangi is the 69th largest of the 223 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 171 residents. Its 82.73 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1206.

Getting to Dangi

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

Dangi lies about 16 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 20 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 Dangi
Tehsil headquarters Yamkeshwar 12 km
District headquarters Garhwal 16 km
Nearest town Kotdwāra 20 km
Nearest railway station Kotdwara 20 km

Villages closest to Dangi

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

Common questions about Dangi

As per the Census of India 2011, Dangi village had a population of 195. That makes it the 69th largest of the 223 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 171 residents.

Dangi village has 81 males and 114 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dangi has about 1407 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1206.

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

Dangi covers 82.73 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dangi falls under Yamkeshwar tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Dangi is Kotdwara, about 20 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 Dangi.

Dangi 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.

Dangi is in Yamkeshwar tehsil of Garhwal district. Yamkeshwar is about 12 km away. Garhwal is about 16 km away. Kotdwāra is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dangi Jamin (under 2 km), Paranda (under 2 km) and Gahli (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Dangi today is likely to be higher.

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