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About Danwan Village

Danwan is one of the larger villages in Jagdishpur tehsil, in the district of Bhagalpur, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 14,523, made up of 7,663 males and 6,860 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 895 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2050 hectares hectares.

Danwan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Danwan village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Bhagalpur
Tehsil Jagdishpur
Area (hectares) 2050 hectares
Population 14,523
Male Population 7,663
Female Population 6,860
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 895
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Danwan compares

By the 2011 count Danwan is the largest village in the tehsil by population, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 2,264 residents. Its 2050 hectares work out to about 7.1 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 909.

Getting to Danwan

Danwan is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Danwan 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 <5 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Chaudharidih, Chhilia, Choraya Khurd and Daharpur Bade. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Danwan

As per the Census of India 2011, Danwan village had a population of 14,523. That makes it the largest village in the tehsil by population, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,264 residents.

Danwan village has 7,663 males and 6,860 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Danwan has about 895 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 909.

Danwan covers 2050 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.1 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Danwan falls under Jagdishpur tehsil of Bhagalpur district in Bihar.

The census record for Danwan notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Danwan.

Danwan is in Jagdishpur tehsil of Bhagalpur district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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