About Dakai Village

Dakai is a mid sized village in Sarwan tehsil, in the district of Deoghar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,171, made up of 637 males and 534 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 838 females per 1000 males. The village covers 429 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814150, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dakai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dakai village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Deoghar
Tehsil	Sarwan
Pincode	814150
Area (hectares)	429 hectares
Population	1,171
Male Population	637
Female Population	534
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	838
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 Dakai compares

By the 2011 count Dakai is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 452 residents. Its 429 hectares work out to about 2.7 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 925.

Getting to Dakai

Dakai is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Dakai 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. The nearest villages by name are Chandna, Charghara, Chihutiya and Chowa. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Dakai

As per the Census of India 2011, Dakai village had a population of 1,171. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 452 residents.

Dakai village has 637 males and 534 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dakai has about 838 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 925.

The pincode recorded for Dakai is 814150. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dakai covers 429 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dakai falls under Sarwan tehsil of Deoghar district in Jharkhand.

The census record for Dakai notes the nearest railway station 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 Dakai.

Dakai is in Sarwan tehsil of Deoghar district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.