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About Dang Village

Dang is a small village in Devprayag tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 126, made up of 58 males and 68 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,172 females per 1000 males. The village covers 64.55 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249122, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dang Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dang village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil Devprayag
Pincode 249122
Area (hectares) 64.55 hectares
Population 126
Male Population 58
Female Population 68
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,172
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 Dang compares

By the 2011 count Dang is the 196th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 246 residents. Its 64.55 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1228.

Getting to Dang

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

Dang lies about 10 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Harrawala, about 46 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 Dang
Tehsil headquarters Devprayag 10 km
District headquarters Tehri Garhwal 10 km
Nearest town Tehri 10 km
Nearest railway station Harrawala 46 km

Villages closest to Dang

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 Dang

As per the Census of India 2011, Dang village had a population of 126. That makes it the 196th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 246 residents.

Dang village has 58 males and 68 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dang has about 1172 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 Dang is 249122. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dang covers 64.55 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Dang is Harrawala, about 46 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 Dang.

Dang is about 10 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dang is in Devprayag tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Devprayag is about 10 km away. Tehri Garhwal is about 10 km away. Tehri is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ghanji (under 2 km), Dewald Gaon (under 2 km) and Jiwala (2.1 km).

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

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