About Dhanwe Village

Dhanwe is a small village in Sona Rai Tharhi tehsil, in the district of Deoghar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 327, made up of 174 males and 153 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 879 females per 1000 males. The village covers 143 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814150, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dhanwe Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dhanwe village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Deoghar
Tehsil	Sona Rai Tharhi
Pincode	814150
Area (hectares)	143 hectares
Population	327
Male Population	174
Female Population	153
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	879
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dhanwe compares

By the 2011 count Dhanwe is the 80th largest of the 178 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 387 residents. Its 143 hectares work out to about 2.3 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 934.

Getting to Dhanwe

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

Dhanwe lies about 14 km from Deoghar, and the nearest railway station is Mathurapur railway station, about 8.3 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 Dhanwe
Nearest railway station	Mathurapur railway station	8.3 km
Nearest town	Madhupur	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sona Rai Tharhi	14 km
District headquarters	Deoghar	14 km

Villages closest to Dhanwe

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sona Rai Tharhi 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 Dhanwe

As per the Census of India 2011, Dhanwe village had a population of 327. That makes it the 80th largest of the 178 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 387 residents.

Dhanwe village has 174 males and 153 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dhanwe has about 879 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 934.

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

Dhanwe covers 143 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dhanwe falls under Sona Rai Tharhi tehsil of Deoghar district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Dhanwe is Mathurapur railway station, about 8.3 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Dhanwe.

Dhanwe is about 14 km from Deoghar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dhanwe is in Sona Rai Tharhi tehsil of Deoghar district. Mathurapur railway station is about 8.3 km away. Madhupur is about 13 km away. Sona Rai Tharhi is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.