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About Danara Village

Danara is a small village in Devprayag tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 428, made up of 205 males and 223 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,088 females per 1000 males. The village covers 206.97 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249192, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Danara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Danara village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil Devprayag
Pincode 249192
Area (hectares) 206.97 hectares
Population 428
Male Population 205
Female Population 223
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,088
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Danara compares

By the 2011 count Danara is the 56th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 246 residents. Its 206.97 hectares work out to about 2.1 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 1228.

Getting to Danara

The census records public bus service for Danara as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Danara from other places

Danara lies about 16 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 22 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 Danara
Tehsil headquarters Devprayag 16 km
District headquarters Tehri Garhwal 16 km
Nearest town Tehri 16 km
Nearest railway station Rishikesh 22 km

Villages closest to Danara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Danara village had a population of 428. That makes it the 56th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 246 residents.

Danara village has 205 males and 223 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Danara has about 1088 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1228.

The pincode recorded for Danara is 249192. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Danara covers 206.97 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Danara falls under Devprayag tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Danara is Rishikesh, about 22 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Danara.

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

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

The closest recorded villages are Davara (under 2 km), Bamana (under 2 km) and Pali Dangwalon Ki (1.7 km).

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

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