About Dankidih Village

Dankidih is a mid sized village in Gunderdehi tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,076, made up of 548 males and 528 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 964 females per 1000 males. The village covers 223.4 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491221, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dankidih Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dankidih village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Durg
Tehsil	Gunderdehi
Pincode	491221
Area (hectares)	223.4 hectares
Population	1,076
Male Population	548
Female Population	528
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	964
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dankidih compares

By the 2011 count Dankidih is the 79th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,205 residents. Its 223.4 hectares work out to about 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1007.

Getting to Dankidih

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

Dankidih lies about 16 km from Durg, and the nearest railway station is Risama, about 3.4 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 Dankidih
Nearest railway station	Risama	3.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gunderdehi	12 km
District headquarters	Durg	16 km

Villages closest to Dankidih

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dankidih village had a population of 1,076. That makes it the 79th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,205 residents.

Dankidih village has 548 males and 528 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dankidih has about 964 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1007.

The pincode recorded for Dankidih is 491221. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dankidih covers 223.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dankidih falls under Gunderdehi tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Dankidih is Risama, about 3.4 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 and private bus service as Available within village for Dankidih.

Dankidih is about 16 km from Durg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dankidih is in Gunderdehi tehsil of Durg district. Risama is about 3.4 km away. Gunderdehi is about 12 km away. Durg is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.