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About Durgadi Village

Durgadi is a small village in Tundi tehsil, in the district of Dhanbad, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 437, made up of 224 males and 213 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 951 females per 1000 males. The village covers 99.49 hectares hectares.

Durgadi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Durgadi village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Dhanbad
Tehsil Tundi
Area (hectares) 99.49 hectares
Population 437
Male Population 224
Female Population 213
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 951
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 Durgadi compares

By the 2011 count Durgadi is the 83rd largest of the 182 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 543 residents. Its 99.49 hectares work out to about 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 958.

Getting to Durgadi

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

Durgadi lies about 49 km from Dhanbad, and the nearest railway station is New Giridih, 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 Durgadi
Nearest railway station New Giridih under 2 km
Nearest town Giridih 4.1 km
Tehsil headquarters Tundi 30 km
District headquarters Dhanbad 49 km

Villages closest to Durgadi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Durgadi village had a population of 437. That makes it the 83rd largest of the 182 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 543 residents.

Durgadi village has 224 males and 213 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Durgadi has about 951 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 958.

Durgadi covers 99.49 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Durgadi falls under Tundi tehsil of Dhanbad district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Durgadi is New Giridih, about under 2 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 Durgadi.

Durgadi is about 49 km from Dhanbad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Durgadi is in Tundi tehsil of Dhanbad district. New Giridih is about under 2 km away. Giridih is about 4.1 km away. Tundi is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Parsa (2.3 km), Parsatanr (2.3 km) and Bejrabad (4.8 km).

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

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