About Daranga Village

Daranga is a mid sized village in Devipur tehsil, in the district of Deoghar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,198, made up of 632 males and 566 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 896 females per 1000 males. The village covers 337 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815353, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Daranga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Daranga village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Deoghar
Tehsil	Devipur
Pincode	815353
Area (hectares)	337 hectares
Population	1,198
Male Population	632
Female Population	566
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	896
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 Daranga compares

By the 2011 count Daranga is the 15th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 484 residents. Its 337 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 945.

Getting to Daranga

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

Daranga lies about 26 km from Deoghar, and the nearest railway station is Jagadishpur, about 12 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 Daranga
Tehsil headquarters	Devipur	11 km
Nearest railway station	Jagadishpur	12 km
Nearest town	Madhupur	20 km
District headquarters	Deoghar	26 km

Villages closest to Daranga

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Daranga village had a population of 1,198. That makes it the 15th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 484 residents.

Daranga village has 632 males and 566 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Daranga has about 896 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 945.

The pincode recorded for Daranga is 815353. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Daranga covers 337 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Daranga falls under Devipur tehsil of Deoghar district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Daranga is Jagadishpur, about 12 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 Daranga.

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

Daranga is in Devipur tehsil of Deoghar district. Devipur is about 11 km away. Jagadishpur is about 12 km away. Madhupur is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.