About Dhangara Village

Dhangara is a large village in Tandwa tehsil, in the district of Chatra, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,861, made up of 1,485 males and 1,376 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 927 females per 1000 males. The village covers 602 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825383, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dhangara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dhangara village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Chatra
Tehsil	Tandwa
Pincode	825383
Area (hectares)	602 hectares
Population	2,861
Male Population	1,485
Female Population	1,376
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	927
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dhangara compares

By the 2011 count Dhangara is the 9th largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,246 residents. Its 602 hectares work out to about 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 983.

Getting to Dhangara

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

Dhangara lies about 26 km from Chatra, and the nearest railway station is Shivpur, about 7.5 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 Dhangara
Nearest railway station	Shivpur	7.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Tandwa	16 km
District headquarters	Chatra	26 km
Nearest town	Chatrā	26 km

Villages closest to Dhangara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dhangara village had a population of 2,861. That makes it the 9th largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,246 residents.

Dhangara village has 1,485 males and 1,376 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dhangara has about 927 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 983.

The pincode recorded for Dhangara is 825383. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dhangara covers 602 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dhangara falls under Tandwa tehsil of Chatra district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Dhangara is Shivpur, about 7.5 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 Dhangara.

Dhangara is about 26 km from Chatra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dhangara is in Tandwa tehsil of Chatra district. Shivpur is about 7.5 km away. Tandwa is about 16 km away. Chatra is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.