About Dewgana Village

Dewgana is a large village in Meral tehsil, in the district of Garhwa, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,050, made up of 1,061 males and 989 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 932 females per 1000 males. The village covers 395.18 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822114, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dewgana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dewgana village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Garhwa
Tehsil	Meral
Pincode	822114
Area (hectares)	395.18 hectares
Population	2,050
Male Population	1,061
Female Population	989
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	932
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 Dewgana compares

By the 2011 count Dewgana is the 19th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,757 residents. Its 395.18 hectares work out to about 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 953.

Getting to Dewgana

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

Dewgana lies about 15 km from Garhwa, and the nearest railway station is Meralgram, about 9.4 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 Dewgana
Tehsil headquarters	Meral	8.3 km
Nearest railway station	Meralgram	9.4 km
District headquarters	Garhwa	15 km

Villages closest to Dewgana

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dewgana village had a population of 2,050. That makes it the 19th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,757 residents.

Dewgana village has 1,061 males and 989 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dewgana has about 932 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 953.

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

Dewgana covers 395.18 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dewgana falls under Meral tehsil of Garhwa district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Dewgana is Meralgram, about 9.4 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 Dewgana.

Dewgana 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.

Dewgana is in Meral tehsil of Garhwa district. Meral is about 8.3 km away. Meralgram is about 9.4 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.