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About Danru Village

Danru is a small village in Kunda tehsil, in the district of Chatra, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 471, made up of 248 males and 223 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 899 females per 1000 males. The village covers 622 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825404, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Danru Overview

Census 2011 figures for Danru village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Chatra
Tehsil Kunda
Pincode 825404
Area (hectares) 622 hectares
Population 471
Male Population 248
Female Population 223
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 899
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 Danru compares

By the 2011 count Danru is the 22nd largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 395 residents. Its 622 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 947.

Getting to Danru

Danru is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Danru 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 Danru from other places

Danru lies about 15 km from Chatra, and the nearest railway station is Shivpur, about 40 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 Danru
Tehsil headquarters Kunda 7.0 km
District headquarters Chatra 15 km
Nearest town Chatrā 15 km
Nearest railway station Shivpur 40 km

Villages closest to Danru

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Danru village had a population of 471. That makes it the 22nd largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 395 residents.

Danru village has 248 males and 223 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Danru has about 899 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 947.

The pincode recorded for Danru is 825404. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Danru covers 622 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Danru falls under Kunda tehsil of Chatra district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Danru is Shivpur, about 40 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 Danru.

Danru is about 15 km from Chatra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Danru is in Kunda tehsil of Chatra district. Kunda is about 7.0 km away. Chatra is about 15 km away. Chatrā is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bandiadih (under 2 km), Sinduri (2.5 km) and Ratnag (3.0 km).

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

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