About Dandai Village

Dandai is a mid sized village in Sakti tehsil, in the district of Janjgir Champa, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 825, made up of 412 males and 413 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,002 females per 1000 males. The village covers 171.52 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495689, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dandai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dandai village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Janjgir Champa
Tehsil	Sakti
Pincode	495689
Area (hectares)	171.52 hectares
Population	825
Male Population	412
Female Population	413
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,002
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Dandai compares

By the 2011 count Dandai is the 62nd largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,150 residents. Its 171.52 hectares work out to about 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1006.

Getting to Dandai

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

How far is Dandai from other places

Dandai lies about 50 km from Janjgir Champa, and the nearest railway station is Jharadih, about 11 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 Dandai
Nearest railway station	Jharadih	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sakti	16 km
Nearest town	Saktī	16 km
District headquarters	Janjgir Champa	50 km

Villages closest to Dandai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dandai village had a population of 825. That makes it the 62nd largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,150 residents.

Dandai village has 412 males and 413 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dandai has about 1002 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1006.

The pincode recorded for Dandai is 495689. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dandai covers 171.52 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dandai falls under Sakti tehsil of Janjgir Champa district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Dandai is Jharadih, about 11 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

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

Dandai is about 50 km from Janjgir Champa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dandai is in Sakti tehsil of Janjgir Champa district. Jharadih is about 11 km away. Sakti is about 16 km away. Saktī is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.