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About Degagarha Village

Degagarha is a mid sized village in Nawadih tehsil, in the district of Bokaro, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 530, made up of 247 males and 283 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,146 females per 1000 males. The village covers 240.14 hectares hectares.

Degagarha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Degagarha village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Bokaro
Tehsil Nawadih
Area (hectares) 240.14 hectares
Population 530
Male Population 247
Female Population 283
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,146
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 Degagarha compares

By the 2011 count Degagarha is the 52nd largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,962 residents. Its 240.14 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 986.

Getting to Degagarha

Degagarha is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Degagarha 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. The nearest villages by name are Chepro, Chhotki Kuri, Chirudih and Dahiari. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Degagarha

As per the Census of India 2011, Degagarha village had a population of 530. That makes it the 52nd largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,962 residents.

Degagarha village has 247 males and 283 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Degagarha has about 1146 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 986.

Degagarha covers 240.14 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Degagarha falls under Nawadih tehsil of Bokaro district in Jharkhand.

The census record for Degagarha notes the nearest railway station 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 Degagarha.

Degagarha is in Nawadih tehsil of Bokaro district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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