About Dahua Village

Dahua is a small village in Saraiyahat tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 142, made up of 76 males and 66 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 868 females per 1000 males. The village covers 64.29 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814151, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dahua Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dahua village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Saraiyahat
Pincode	814151
Area (hectares)	64.29 hectares
Population	142
Male Population	76
Female Population	66
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	868
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dahua compares

By the 2011 count Dahua is the 228th largest of the 262 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 554 residents. Its 64.29 hectares work out to about 2.2 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 954.

Getting to Dahua

Dahua is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Dahua as Available within 5 - 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 Dahua from other places

Dahua lies about 60 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Mandar Hill, about 3.6 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 Dahua
Nearest railway station	Mandar Hill	3.6 km
Nearest town	Bānka	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Saraiyahat	22 km
District headquarters	Dumka	60 km

Villages closest to Dahua

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dahua village had a population of 142. That makes it the 228th largest of the 262 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 554 residents.

Dahua village has 76 males and 66 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dahua has about 868 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 954.

The pincode recorded for Dahua is 814151. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dahua covers 64.29 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dahua falls under Saraiyahat tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Dahua is Mandar Hill, about 3.6 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Dahua.

Dahua is about 60 km from Dumka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dahua is in Saraiyahat tehsil of Dumka district. Mandar Hill is about 3.6 km away. Bānka is about 16 km away. Saraiyahat is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.