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About Dhanbad Village

Dhanbad is a small village in Nirsa Cum Chirkunda tehsil, in the district of Dhanbad, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 203, made up of 108 males and 95 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 880 females per 1000 males. The village covers 38 hectares hectares.

Dhanbad Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dhanbad village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Dhanbad
Tehsil Nirsa Cum Chirkunda
Area (hectares) 38 hectares
Population 203
Male Population 108
Female Population 95
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 880
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Dhanbad compares

By the 2011 count Dhanbad is the 196th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,189 residents. Its 38 hectares work out to about 5.3 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 949.

Getting to Dhanbad

The census records public bus service for Dhanbad as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Dhanbad from other places

Dhanbad lies about under 2 km from Nirsa Cum Chirkunda, and the nearest railway station is DHANBAD JUNCTION, about under 2 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 Dhanbad
Tehsil headquarters Nirsa Cum Chirkunda under 2 km
Nearest town Dhanbad under 2 km
Nearest railway station DHANBAD JUNCTION under 2 km

Villages closest to Dhanbad

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Nirsa Cum Chirkunda 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 Dhanbad

As per the Census of India 2011, Dhanbad village had a population of 203. That makes it the 196th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,189 residents.

Dhanbad village has 108 males and 95 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dhanbad has about 880 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 949.

Dhanbad covers 38 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dhanbad falls under Nirsa Cum Chirkunda tehsil of Dhanbad district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Dhanbad is DHANBAD JUNCTION, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Dhanbad.

Dhanbad is about under 2 km from Nirsa Cum Chirkunda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dhanbad is in Nirsa Cum Chirkunda tehsil of Dhanbad district. Nirsa Cum Chirkunda is about under 2 km away. Dhanbad is about under 2 km away. DHANBAD JUNCTION is about under 2 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Benagaria (5.7 km), Jitpur (7.8 km) and Bhagaband (8.5 km).

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

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