About Dhangain Village

Dhangain is a mid sized village in Jagdishpur tehsil, in the district of Bhagalpur, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,710, made up of 910 males and 800 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 879 females per 1000 males. The village covers 307 hectares hectares.

Dhangain Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dhangain village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Bhagalpur
Tehsil	Jagdishpur
Area (hectares)	307 hectares
Population	1,710
Male Population	910
Female Population	800
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	879
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dhangain compares

By the 2011 count Dhangain is the 63rd largest of the 150 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,264 residents. Its 307 hectares work out to about 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 909.

Getting to Dhangain

Dhangain is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Dhangain as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Dhangain from other places

Dhangain lies about 103 km from Bhagalpur, and the nearest railway station is Biraul, about 12 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 Dhangain
Nearest railway station	Biraul	12 km
Nearest town	Bangaon	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jagdishpur	30 km
District headquarters	Bhagalpur	103 km

Villages closest to Dhangain

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dhangain village had a population of 1,710. That makes it the 63rd largest of the 150 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,264 residents.

Dhangain village has 910 males and 800 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dhangain has about 879 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 909.

Dhangain covers 307 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dhangain falls under Jagdishpur tehsil of Bhagalpur district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Dhangain is Biraul, about 12 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Dhangain.

Dhangain is about 103 km from Bhagalpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dhangain is in Jagdishpur tehsil of Bhagalpur district. Biraul is about 12 km away. Bangaon is about 20 km away. Jagdishpur is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.