About Danda Village

Danda is one of the larger villages in Danda tehsil, in the district of Garhwa, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,054, made up of 2,649 males and 2,405 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 908 females per 1000 males. The village covers 889.77 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822124, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Danda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Danda village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Garhwa
Tehsil	Danda
Pincode	822124
Area (hectares)	889.77 hectares
Population	5,054
Male Population	2,649
Female Population	2,405
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	908
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Danda compares

By the 2011 count Danda is the largest village in the tehsil by population, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 2,551 residents. Its 889.77 hectares work out to about 5.7 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 967.

Getting to Danda

Danda is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Danda as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Danda from other places

Danda lies about 15 km from Garhwa, and the nearest railway station is Lalgarh Bihar Halt Railway Station, about 2.5 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 Danda
Nearest railway station	Lalgarh Bihar Halt Railway Station	2.5 km
Nearest town	Bishrāmpur	12 km
District headquarters	Garhwa	15 km

Villages closest to Danda

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Danda village had a population of 5,054. That makes it the largest village in the tehsil by population, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,551 residents.

Danda village has 2,649 males and 2,405 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Danda has about 908 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 967.

The pincode recorded for Danda is 822124. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Danda covers 889.77 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Danda falls under Danda tehsil of Garhwa district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Danda is Lalgarh Bihar Halt Railway Station, about 2.5 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 village for Danda.

Danda is about 15 km from Garhwa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Danda is in Danda tehsil of Garhwa district. Lalgarh Bihar Halt Railway Station is about 2.5 km away. Bishrāmpur is about 12 km away. Garhwa is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.