PG & Rooms Near Himalayan University, Dehradun
Updated 30 Sep 2026
Searches for Himalayan University in Dehradun almost always mean Swami Rama Himalayan University (SRHU), the campus at Swami Rama Nagar, Jolly Grant, beside the airport, which grew out of the Himalayan Institute hospital. It is about as far from central Dehradun as a Dehradun college gets. There is no student neighbourhood in the Graphic Era sense, so this page is mostly about being realistic: a hostel seat is the default, and a private room outside is a smaller, quieter, more improvised market spread across a handful of villages.
Who lives here
Medical, nursing, allied-health and management students who did not get or did not want a hostel seat, hospital residents and junior staff, and a few families renting a room for a student's first semester.
What anchors demand here. Swami Rama Himalayan University and the Himalayan Institute of Medical Sciences with its teaching hospital, Jolly Grant airport, and the Doiwala market town. Almost all rental demand is tied to the hospital and campus, which is why the market is thin and why it thins out sharply in the vacations.
Where to live, area by area
Rents below are indicative ranges for a private room in a shared flat, before deposit. Confirm the number with the person before you commit to anything.
The closest belt, immediately around the campus and airport road. Stock is limited and mostly single rooms let by local families to hospital staff. You can walk to classes, but there is little food, no late-night chemist and few options after 9pm.
₹3,500 – ₹8,000 / month for a private room
The nearest real town, ten to fifteen minutes by auto or scooter. Shops, a bus stand, a few small PGs and rooms above shopfronts. This is where students who live off campus tend to end up, largely because everything else is here.
₹3,000 – ₹7,500 / month for a private room
On the Rishikesh road, a little toward the city. Newer independent floors and a bit more choice than Jolly Grant, and a reasonable place to pick if a flatmate works elsewhere along that road.
₹3,500 – ₹8,000 / month for a private room
Further along the same road, closer to the Rishikesh end of the corridor. Cheaper and quieter, but you are dependent on a scooter or on tempo timings for anything beyond your own lane.
₹3,000 – ₹7,000 / month for a private room
How long it actually takes to get places
| Destination | Typical time |
|---|---|
| SRHU / Himalayan Institute hospital campus | Walking from Jolly Grant; 10–20 min by scooter from Doiwala or Bhaniawala |
| Jolly Grant airport | Five to ten minutes; convenient for going home, not otherwise a reason to live here |
| Rishikesh | Roughly 30–50 min by road, longer during the yatra season |
| Dehradun Clock Tower / city centre | Roughly 60–90 min by bus or tempo; treat it as an outing, not a commute |
What it actually costs per month in Himalayan University (Swami Rama Himalayan University)
Rent is the number people compare, and it is rarely the number that decides anything. This is the realistic all-in figure for one person sharing a flat in Himalayan University (Swami Rama Himalayan University).
| What you pay | Typical range |
|---|---|
| Room rent (private, shared flat) | ₹3,000 – ₹8,000 |
| Deposit (one-off) | ₹3,000 – ₹8,000 (1 month typical) |
| Maintenance & utilities | ₹400 – ₹1,000 |
| Food | ₹3,000 – ₹4,500 if self-catering; PG meals often included |
| Local transport | ₹300 – ₹1,200 (scooter fuel or tempo) |
| Realistic monthly total | ₹6,000 – ₹13,000 |
Uttarakhand deposits are the gentlest of anywhere Bunkd operates — one to two months is normal and many PG owners ask for one. Read the security deposit guide before you hand anything over, and get the refund terms written on the receipt.
Flatmate, roommate or PG — which one do you actually want?
The words get used interchangeably and they are not the same thing, which matters when you are searching.
- A flatmate shares the flat but has their own room. You split rent and bills, cook or order separately, and keep your own space. This is what most working professionals in Himalayan University (Swami Rama Himalayan University) mean when they say flatmate.
- A roommate shares the room itself. Cheapest option by a wide margin — often 40 to 50 percent less than a private room — and common among students and first-jobbers who are saving hard.
- A PG gives you a bed with meals and cleaning handled, plus house rules and often a gate timing. Simpler to start, less freedom, and once you split a flat three ways the cost difference usually disappears.
Bunkd covers all three. You set whether you want your own room or are happy sharing one, and the matching works the same way either direction. If a PG is what you are after, the honest PG versus flatshare comparison is worth five minutes before you sign.
When to look
Medical and health-science admissions run through counselling, so seats and hostel allotments settle later and less predictably than at engineering colleges, sometimes well into August or later. Do not pay a deposit off campus until your hostel result is final. Hostel seats go on merit and availability, and students who lose that lottery start hunting in a hurry. Postgraduate residents and junior doctors change over on their own hospital calendar, which occasionally frees a room mid-year.
What to check before you pay anything
- Get your hostel allotment answer in writing before renting anything outside; in medical courses the timing is unpredictable and deposits are hard to recover.
- Ask how you will get to campus at 6am or after a night shift. Auto and tempo frequency here drops sharply after dark, and a scooter effectively becomes mandatory.
- Check the water source and power backup. Village-edge buildings here often depend on a borewell and a small inverter.
- Ask what food is realistically available within walking distance, and whether the landlord provides a kitchen or a tiffin arrangement.
- Confirm the shift or exam-season rules if you are a health-sciences student: some landlords object to odd-hour comings and goings.
Finding the person, not just the room
Most flatshares fail on lifestyle, not on rent. Bunkd asks the things that actually decide whether living together works — sleep schedule, cleanliness, social battery, guest policy, food preference and your one real dealbreaker — and matches on those. You swipe through people, match when it is mutual, and chat inside the app before anyone shares a phone number.
If you have not found a flat yet, Squad Mode lets you match with other people searching in Himalayan University (Swami Rama Himalayan University) so you can pool budgets and take a 2BHK or 3BHK together. Splitting a bigger flat is almost always cheaper per person than renting a single room alone — the rent split calculator works out a fair division when the rooms are not the same size.
Have a spare room instead? List it free and choose who fills it yourself.
Common questions
Which Himalayan University is this page about?
Swami Rama Himalayan University at Jolly Grant, Doiwala, Dehradun, which includes the Himalayan Institute of Medical Sciences. If you are looking at another institution with Himalayan in its name elsewhere in Uttarakhand, the accommodation picture will be different, so check the campus address first.
Is there a PG near Swami Rama Himalayan University?
A few, mostly around Doiwala market and Jolly Grant, but the choice is small compared with Clement Town or Bidholi. Most students take the university hostel. Where there are PGs, a bed with meals tends to sit around ₹5,000 to ₹9,000, and many rooms are plain single rooms without meals.
How much is a single room near SRHU?
Expect roughly ₹3,000 to ₹8,000 a month depending on the village and whether it has an attached bathroom. Listings are sparse here, so the honest answer is a wide range, and word of mouth from seniors usually beats a portal.
Can I live in Dehradun city and commute?
Not realistically for daily classes or hospital duty. The road to the campus is long and the last reliable public transport is early, so most students who live outside the hostel live on the Doiwala side, not in the city.
Is Bunkd free to use?
Yes. Bunkd is free, charges no brokerage, and shows only phone-verified profiles, so you can find someone to share a room with before you pay anyone a deposit. Your number stays private until you choose to share it, and you never pay a broker.
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