About Dantankathi Village

Dantankathi is a small village in Ranishwar tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 332, made up of 171 males and 161 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 942 females per 1000 males. The village covers 77 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814148, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dantankathi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dantankathi village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Ranishwar
Pincode	814148
Area (hectares)	77 hectares
Population	332
Male Population	171
Female Population	161
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	942
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 Dantankathi compares

By the 2011 count Dantankathi is the 99th largest of the 185 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 526 residents. Its 77 hectares work out to about 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1010.

Getting to Dantankathi

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

Dantankathi lies about 24 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Basukinath Railway Station, about 3.5 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 Dantankathi
Nearest railway station	Basukinath Railway Station	3.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ranishwar	24 km
District headquarters	Dumka	24 km

Villages closest to Dantankathi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dantankathi village had a population of 332. That makes it the 99th largest of the 185 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 526 residents.

Dantankathi village has 171 males and 161 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dantankathi has about 942 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1010.

The pincode recorded for Dantankathi is 814148. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dantankathi covers 77 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dantankathi falls under Ranishwar tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Dantankathi is Basukinath Railway Station, about 3.5 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 Dantankathi.

Dantankathi is about 24 km from Dumka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dantankathi is in Ranishwar tehsil of Dumka district. Basukinath Railway Station is about 3.5 km away. Ranishwar is about 24 km away. Dumka is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.