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About Dagar Village

Dagar is a small village in Narendranagar tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 311, made up of 155 males and 156 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,006 females per 1000 males. The village covers 110.24 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249175, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dagar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dagar village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil Narendranagar
Pincode 249175
Area (hectares) 110.24 hectares
Population 311
Male Population 155
Female Population 156
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,006
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 Dagar compares

By the 2011 count Dagar is the 74th largest of the 244 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 289 residents. Its 110.24 hectares work out to about 2.8 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 1109.

Getting to Dagar

The census records public bus service for Dagar 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 Dagar from other places

Dagar lies about 30 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Yog Nagari Rishikesh, about 7.8 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 Dagar
Tehsil headquarters Narendranagar 1.9 km
Nearest railway station Yog Nagari Rishikesh 7.8 km
Nearest town Rishīkesh 7.9 km
District headquarters Tehri Garhwal 30 km

Villages closest to Dagar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dagar village had a population of 311. That makes it the 74th largest of the 244 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 289 residents.

Dagar village has 155 males and 156 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dagar has about 1006 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1109.

The pincode recorded for Dagar is 249175. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dagar covers 110.24 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dagar falls under Narendranagar tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Dagar is Yog Nagari Rishikesh, about 7.8 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 Dagar.

Dagar is about 30 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dagar is in Narendranagar tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Narendranagar is about 1.9 km away. Yog Nagari Rishikesh is about 7.8 km away. Rishīkesh is about 7.9 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bagar (under 2 km), Soni (under 2 km) and Bhainsark (2.5 km).

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

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