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About Danapur Village

Danapur is a large village in Manjha tehsil, in the district of Gopalganj, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,548, made up of 1,649 males and 1,899 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,152 females per 1000 males. The village covers 160 hectares hectares.

Danapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Danapur village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Gopalganj
Tehsil Manjha
Area (hectares) 160 hectares
Population 3,548
Male Population 1,649
Female Population 1,899
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,152
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Danapur compares

By the 2011 count Danapur is the 9th largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,939 residents. Its 160 hectares work out to about 22 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1060.

Getting to Danapur

Danapur 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 Danapur 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Danapur from other places

Danapur lies about 7.4 km from Gopalganj, and the nearest railway station is Manjhagarh, about under 2 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 Danapur
Nearest railway station Manjhagarh under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Manjha 2.4 km
District headquarters Gopalganj 7.4 km
Nearest town Gopālganj 7.4 km

Villages closest to Danapur

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

Common questions about Danapur

As per the Census of India 2011, Danapur village had a population of 3,548. That makes it the 9th largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,939 residents.

Danapur village has 1,649 males and 1,899 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Danapur has about 1152 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1060.

Danapur covers 160 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 22 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Danapur falls under Manjha tehsil of Gopalganj district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Danapur is Manjhagarh, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Danapur.

Danapur is about 7.4 km from Gopalganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Danapur is in Manjha tehsil of Gopalganj district. Manjhagarh is about under 2 km away. Manjha is about 2.4 km away. Gopalganj is about 7.4 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Koini (1.6 km), Madhu Sarea (1.7 km) and Manjha (2.4 km).

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

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