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About Harladangal Village

Harladangal is a small village in Jama tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 329, made up of 168 males and 161 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 958 females per 1000 males. The village covers 114.53 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814146, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Harladangal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Harladangal village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Dumka
Tehsil Jama
Pincode 814146
Area (hectares) 114.53 hectares
Population 329
Male Population 168
Female Population 161
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 958
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 Harladangal compares

By the 2011 count Harladangal is the 165th largest of the 283 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 446 residents. Its 114.53 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 986.

Getting to Harladangal

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

Harladangal lies about 35 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Jamtara, about 21 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 Harladangal
Nearest railway station Jamtara 21 km
Nearest town Jāmtāra 21 km
Tehsil headquarters Jama 34 km
District headquarters Dumka 35 km

Villages closest to Harladangal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Harladangal village had a population of 329. That makes it the 165th largest of the 283 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 446 residents.

Harladangal village has 168 males and 161 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Harladangal has about 958 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 986.

The pincode recorded for Harladangal is 814146. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Harladangal covers 114.53 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Harladangal falls under Jama tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Harladangal is Jamtara, about 21 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 Harladangal.

Harladangal is about 35 km from Dumka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Harladangal is in Jama tehsil of Dumka district. Jamtara is about 21 km away. Jāmtāra is about 21 km away. Jama is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jamdalipaharpur (under 2 km), Machadih (2.1 km) and Amgachhi (2.6 km).

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

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