About Dantu Village

Dantu is a large village in Kasmar tehsil, in the district of Bokaro, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,287, made up of 1,635 males and 1,652 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,010 females per 1000 males. The village covers 400.73 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 829121, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dantu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dantu village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Bokaro
Tehsil	Kasmar
Pincode	829121
Area (hectares)	400.73 hectares
Population	3,287
Male Population	1,635
Female Population	1,652
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,010
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dantu compares

By the 2011 count Dantu is the 4th largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,363 residents. Its 400.73 hectares work out to about 8.2 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 964.

Getting to Dantu

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

Dantu lies about 25 km from Bokaro, and the nearest railway station is Jarangdih, about 14 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 Dantu
Tehsil headquarters	Kasmar	5.4 km
Nearest town	Kathhāra	13 km
Nearest railway station	Jarangdih	14 km
District headquarters	Bokaro	25 km

Villages closest to Dantu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dantu village had a population of 3,287. That makes it the 4th largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,363 residents.

Dantu village has 1,635 males and 1,652 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dantu has about 1010 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 964.

The pincode recorded for Dantu is 829121. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dantu covers 400.73 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.2 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Dantu falls under Kasmar tehsil of Bokaro district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Dantu is Jarangdih, about 14 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Dantu.

Dantu is about 25 km from Bokaro in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dantu is in Kasmar tehsil of Bokaro district. Kasmar is about 5.4 km away. Kathhāra is about 13 km away. Jarangdih is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.