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About Danra Village

Danra is a mid sized village in Gumia tehsil, in the district of Bokaro, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 764, made up of 386 males and 378 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 979 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1167 hectares hectares.

Danra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Danra village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Bokaro
Tehsil Gumia
Area (hectares) 1167 hectares
Population 764
Male Population 386
Female Population 378
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 979
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Danra compares

By the 2011 count Danra is the 60th largest of the 105 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,237 residents. Its 1167 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 985.

Getting to Danra

Danra is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Danra as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Danra from other places

Danra lies about 48 km from Bokaro, and the nearest railway station is Dumri Bihar, about 6.6 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 Danra
Nearest railway station Dumri Bihar 6.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Gumia 12 km
District headquarters Bokaro 48 km

Villages closest to Danra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Danra village had a population of 764. That makes it the 60th largest of the 105 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,237 residents.

Danra village has 386 males and 378 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Danra has about 979 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 985.

Danra covers 1167 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Danra falls under Gumia tehsil of Bokaro district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Danra is Dumri Bihar, about 6.6 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Danra.

Danra is about 48 km from Bokaro in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Danra is in Gumia tehsil of Bokaro district. Dumri Bihar is about 6.6 km away. Gumia is about 12 km away. Bokaro is about 48 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Rajderwa (under 2 km), Tuiyo (1.6 km) and Chute (1.6 km).

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

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