Village · Pachhad, Sirmaur
# Kangar Dawanh

Kangar Dawanh is a village in Pachhad sub-district of Sirmaur district, Himachal Pradesh, PIN code 173024. The 2011 Census counted 248 people in 48 households, the 67th largest of 262 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 89.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 85.6%.
- 248 people (2011)
- 48 households
- 89.8% literacy
- 173024 PIN code

## Kangar Dawanh PIN code and other codes

The PIN code of Kangar Dawanh is 173024. Kangar Dawanh falls in Pachhad sub-district, Sirmaur district, Himachal Pradesh.
- PIN code 173024
- Community development block Pachhad
- Census village code 022850

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## How far is Kangar Dawanh from nearby towns?
- Sarahan (sub-district HQ) 40 km by road
- Nahan (district HQ) 78 km by road
- Solan (nearest town) 36 km by road

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## What facilities are there in Kangar Dawanh?

2 services counted by the Census are inside Kangar Dawanh; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village
- ● Mobile phone coverage In village
- ● ASHA health worker In village

### Nearest outside
- ○ Primary school under 5 km · Banona
- ○ Senior secondary school 5–10 km · Naarag
- ○ Degree college 10+ km · Solan
- ○ ITI / vocational school 10+ km · Solan
- ○ Primary health centre 5–10 km
- ○ Allopathic hospital 10+ km
- ○ Dispensary 5–10 km
- ○ Post office 5–10 km
- ○ Public bus service 5–10 km
- ○ Railway station 10+ km
- ○ ATM 10+ km
- ○ Commercial bank 5–10 km
- ○ Ration (PDS) shop under 5 km
- ○ Mandi / regular market 5–10 km
- ○ Public library 10+ km

### Water and power
- Drinking water treated tap water and canal / river
- Electricity (2011) 24 h summer · 24 h winter

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Kangar Dawanh known for?

The main crops are maize, tomato and wheat. About 13% of the 235 hectares of village land is sown, and 1 hectares are irrigated.

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## Homes and amenities in Kangar Dawanh

Of every 100 households in Kangar Dawanh in 2011, 96 had electricity, 60 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 94 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kangar Dawanh · ■ Pachhad rural average
- Electricity for lighting 96% 96%
- Toilet within the home 60% 78%
- No toilet (open defecation) 40% 22%
- Tap water 15% 72%
- Drinking water within premises 2% 28%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 16%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 81%
- Use banking services 89% 90%
- Television 51% 64%
- Mobile phone 94% 77%
- Computer with internet 0% 1%
- Two-wheeler 0% 9%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 6%
- None of these assets 2% 8%
- Own their home 100% 88%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Kangar Dawanh?

■ Kangar Dawanh · ■ Pachhad rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 89.8% 85.6%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 908 927
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1150 918
- Working population 56.9% 65.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.5% for men and 84.2% for women. 59% of men and 54% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 127 (90%) · ■ Farm labourers 1 (1%) · ■ Other work 7 (5%) · ■ Marginal 6 (4%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Pachhad
- Rishtar Panwa 251 people
- Tikar 251 people
- Phagala 249 people
- Tikkar 249 people
- Mehal Prit-Nagar 247 people
- Kujji 241 people
- Mandi Majhutli 240 people
- Masria Pajopar 240 people

All 263 villages in Pachhad

## Quick answers
- What is the PIN code of Kangar Dawanh? 173024
- How far is Kangar Dawanh from Nahan? 78 km by road
- What is the population of Kangar Dawanh? 248 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kangar Dawanh in? Sirmaur district (Pachhad sub-district), Himachal Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Kangar Dawanh? 89.8% (Census 2011)

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