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About Dandi Village

Dandi is a small village in Tehri tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 155, made up of 71 males and 84 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,183 females per 1000 males. The village covers 143 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249132, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dandi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dandi village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil Tehri
Pincode 249132
Area (hectares) 143 hectares
Population 155
Male Population 71
Female Population 84
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,183
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 Dandi compares

By the 2011 count Dandi is the 189th largest of the 315 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 254 residents. Its 143 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1154.

Getting to Dandi

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

Dandi lies about 18 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Harrawala, about 32 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 Dandi
Tehsil headquarters Tehri 18 km
District headquarters Tehri Garhwal 18 km
Nearest railway station Harrawala 32 km

Villages closest to Dandi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dandi village had a population of 155. That makes it the 189th largest of the 315 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 254 residents.

Dandi village has 71 males and 84 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dandi has about 1183 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1154.

The pincode recorded for Dandi is 249132. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dandi covers 143 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Dandi falls under Tehri tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Dandi is Harrawala, about 32 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 Dandi.

Dandi is about 18 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dandi is in Tehri tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Tehri is about 18 km away. Tehri Garhwal is about 18 km away. Harrawala is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bandarwali Chak Chopari Madhe (under 2 km), Dhamari (under 2 km) and Pagari (1.5 km).

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

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