About Dhan Kund Village

Dhan Kund is a small village in Dhuraiya tehsil, in the district of Banka, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 84, made up of 47 males and 37 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 787 females per 1000 males. The village covers 3 hectares hectares.

Dhan Kund Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dhan Kund village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Banka
Tehsil	Dhuraiya
Area (hectares)	3 hectares
Population	84
Male Population	47
Female Population	37
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	787
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dhan Kund compares

By the 2011 count Dhan Kund is the 155th largest of the 168 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,322 residents. Its 3 hectares work out to about 28 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 912.

Getting to Dhan Kund

Dhan Kund is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Dhan Kund as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Dhan Kund from other places

Dhan Kund lies about 20 km from Banka, and the nearest railway station is Murahara, about 19 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 Dhan Kund
Nearest town	Amarpur	16 km
Nearest railway station	Murahara	19 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dhuraiya	20 km
District headquarters	Banka	20 km

Villages closest to Dhan Kund

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

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Common questions about Dhan Kund

As per the Census of India 2011, Dhan Kund village had a population of 84. That makes it the 155th largest of the 168 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,322 residents.

Dhan Kund village has 47 males and 37 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dhan Kund has about 787 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 912.

Dhan Kund covers 3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 28 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Dhan Kund falls under Dhuraiya tehsil of Banka district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Dhan Kund is Murahara, about 19 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Dhan Kund.

Dhan Kund is about 20 km from Banka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dhan Kund is in Dhuraiya tehsil of Banka district. Amarpur is about 16 km away. Murahara is about 19 km away. Dhuraiya is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.