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About Danga Village

Danga is a small village in Sarwan tehsil, in the district of Deoghar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 210, made up of 112 males and 98 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 875 females per 1000 males. The village covers 42 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814143, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Danga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Danga village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Deoghar
Tehsil Sarwan
Pincode 814143
Area (hectares) 42 hectares
Population 210
Male Population 112
Female Population 98
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 875
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 Danga compares

By the 2011 count Danga is the 126th largest of the 190 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 452 residents. Its 42 hectares work out to about 5.0 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 Danga

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

Danga lies about 32 km from Deoghar, and the nearest railway station is Joramow Railway Station, about 15 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 Danga
Nearest railway station Joramow Railway Station 15 km
Nearest town Madhupur 22 km
Tehsil headquarters Sarwan 32 km
District headquarters Deoghar 32 km

Villages closest to Danga

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

Common questions about Danga

As per the Census of India 2011, Danga village had a population of 210. That makes it the 126th largest of the 190 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 452 residents.

Danga village has 112 males and 98 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Danga has about 875 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 Danga is 814143. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Danga covers 42 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Danga falls under Sarwan tehsil of Deoghar district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Danga is Joramow Railway Station, about 15 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 Danga.

Danga is about 32 km from Deoghar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Danga is in Sarwan tehsil of Deoghar district. Joramow Railway Station is about 15 km away. Madhupur is about 22 km away. Sarwan is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Raibandh (under 2 km), Misradih (under 2 km) and Harikurua (2.9 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Danga today is likely to be higher.

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