About Dhangawan Village

Dhangawan is a mid sized village in Mayur Hand tehsil, in the district of Chatra, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 707, made up of 367 males and 340 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 926 females per 1000 males. The village covers 114 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825418, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dhangawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dhangawan village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Chatra
Tehsil	Mayur Hand
Pincode	825418
Area (hectares)	114 hectares
Population	707
Male Population	367
Female Population	340
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	926
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 Dhangawan compares

By the 2011 count Dhangawan is the 23rd largest of the 102 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 569 residents. Its 114 hectares work out to about 6.2 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1015.

Getting to Dhangawan

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

Dhangawan lies about 33 km from Chatra, and the nearest railway station is Paharpur, about 25 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 Dhangawan
Nearest town	Bagaha	8.2 km
Nearest railway station	Paharpur	25 km
Tehsil headquarters	Mayur Hand	33 km
District headquarters	Chatra	33 km

Villages closest to Dhangawan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Mayur Hand 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 Dhangawan

As per the Census of India 2011, Dhangawan village had a population of 707. That makes it the 23rd largest of the 102 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 569 residents.

Dhangawan village has 367 males and 340 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dhangawan has about 926 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1015.

The pincode recorded for Dhangawan is 825418. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dhangawan covers 114 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.2 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Dhangawan falls under Mayur Hand tehsil of Chatra district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Dhangawan is Paharpur, about 25 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 Dhangawan.

Dhangawan is about 33 km from Chatra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dhangawan is in Mayur Hand tehsil of Chatra district. Bagaha is about 8.2 km away. Paharpur is about 25 km away. Mayur Hand is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.