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About Dhanganwan Village

Dhanganwan is a mid sized village in Purnia East tehsil, in the district of Purnia, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,466, made up of 784 males and 682 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 870 females per 1000 males. The village covers 335 hectares hectares.

Dhanganwan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dhanganwan village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Purnia
Tehsil Purnia East
Area (hectares) 335 hectares
Population 1,466
Male Population 784
Female Population 682
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 870
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Dhanganwan compares

By the 2011 count Dhanganwan is the 41st largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,190 residents. Its 335 hectares work out to about 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 936.

Getting to Dhanganwan

The census records public bus service for Dhanganwan as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Dhanganwan from other places

Dhanganwan lies about 11 km from Purnia, and the nearest railway station is Rautara, about 3.0 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 Dhanganwan
Nearest railway station Rautara 3.0 km
Tehsil headquarters Purnia East 11 km
District headquarters Purnia 11 km

Villages closest to Dhanganwan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Purnia East 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 Dhanganwan

As per the Census of India 2011, Dhanganwan village had a population of 1,466. That makes it the 41st largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,190 residents.

Dhanganwan village has 784 males and 682 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dhanganwan has about 870 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 936.

Dhanganwan covers 335 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dhanganwan falls under Purnia East tehsil of Purnia district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Dhanganwan is Rautara, about 3.0 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

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

Dhanganwan is about 11 km from Purnia in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dhanganwan is in Purnia East tehsil of Purnia district. Rautara is about 3.0 km away. Purnia East is about 11 km away. Purnia is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Shekhpura (under 2 km), Mathia (1.6 km) and Pipra (1.7 km).

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

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