About Danrai Village

Danrai is one of the larger villages in Dandai tehsil, in the district of Garhwa, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,900, made up of 2,998 males and 2,902 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 968 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1057 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822114, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Danrai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Danrai village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Garhwa
Tehsil	Dandai
Pincode	822114
Area (hectares)	1057 hectares
Population	5,900
Male Population	2,998
Female Population	2,902
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	968
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Danrai compares

By the 2011 count Danrai is the 4th largest of the 28 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 2,274 residents. Its 1057 hectares work out to about 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 959.

Getting to Danrai

Danrai is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Danrai 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 Danrai from other places

Danrai lies about 20 km from Garhwa, and the nearest railway station is Meralgram, about 12 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 Danrai
Tehsil headquarters	Dandai	under 2 km
Nearest railway station	Meralgram	12 km
District headquarters	Garhwa	20 km

Villages closest to Danrai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Danrai village had a population of 5,900. That makes it the 4th largest of the 28 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,274 residents.

Danrai village has 2,998 males and 2,902 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Danrai has about 968 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 959.

The pincode recorded for Danrai is 822114. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Danrai covers 1057 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Danrai falls under Dandai tehsil of Garhwa district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Danrai is Meralgram, about 12 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 Danrai.

Danrai is about 20 km from Garhwa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Danrai is in Dandai tehsil of Garhwa district. Dandai is about under 2 km away. Meralgram is about 12 km away. Garhwa is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.