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About Tantlai Village

Tantlai is a mid sized village in Ranishwar tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 618, made up of 305 males and 313 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,026 females per 1000 males. The village covers 308.39 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814144, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Tantlai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Tantlai village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Dumka
Tehsil Ranishwar
Pincode 814144
Area (hectares) 308.39 hectares
Population 618
Male Population 305
Female Population 313
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,026
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 Tantlai compares

By the 2011 count Tantlai is the 44th largest of the 185 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 526 residents. Its 308.39 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1010.

Getting to Tantlai

Tantlai is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Tantlai 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. The nearest villages by name are Sundardih, Syamsundarpur, Takipur and Taldangal. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Tantlai

As per the Census of India 2011, Tantlai village had a population of 618. That makes it the 44th largest of the 185 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 526 residents.

Tantlai village has 305 males and 313 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Tantlai has about 1026 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1010.

The pincode recorded for Tantlai is 814144. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Tantlai covers 308.39 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Tantlai falls under Ranishwar tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The census record for Tantlai notes the nearest railway station 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 Tantlai.

Tantlai is in Ranishwar tehsil of Dumka district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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