About Dantar Village

Dantar is a large village in Shaligram Ram Narayanpur tehsil, in the district of Chatra, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,270, made up of 1,175 males and 1,095 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 932 females per 1000 males. The village covers 57.33 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825403, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dantar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dantar village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Chatra
Tehsil	Shaligram Ram Narayanpur
Pincode	825403
Area (hectares)	57.33 hectares
Population	2,270
Male Population	1,175
Female Population	1,095
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	932
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dantar compares

By the 2011 count Dantar is the 15th largest of the 231 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 758 residents. Its 57.33 hectares work out to about 40 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 962.

Getting to Dantar

Dantar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Dantar as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Dantar from other places

Dantar lies about 15 km from Chatra, and the nearest railway station is Kathautia, about 41 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 Dantar
Tehsil headquarters	Shaligram Ram Narayanpur	15 km
District headquarters	Chatra	15 km
Nearest town	Chatrā	15 km
Nearest railway station	Kathautia	41 km

Villages closest to Dantar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Shaligram Ram Narayanpur 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 Dantar

As per the Census of India 2011, Dantar village had a population of 2,270. That makes it the 15th largest of the 231 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 758 residents.

Dantar village has 1,175 males and 1,095 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dantar has about 932 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 962.

The pincode recorded for Dantar is 825403. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dantar covers 57.33 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 40 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Dantar falls under Shaligram Ram Narayanpur tehsil of Chatra district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Dantar is Kathautia, about 41 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 village for Dantar.

Dantar 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.

Dantar is in Shaligram Ram Narayanpur tehsil of Chatra district. Shaligram Ram Narayanpur is about 15 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.