About Durjan Village

Durjan is a mid sized village in Ramkanda tehsil, in the district of Garhwa, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,375, made up of 671 males and 704 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,049 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1282 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822125, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Durjan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Durjan village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Garhwa
Tehsil	Ramkanda
Pincode	822125
Area (hectares)	1282 hectares
Population	1,375
Male Population	671
Female Population	704
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,049
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 Durjan compares

By the 2011 count Durjan is the 11th largest of the 32 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,389 residents. Its 1282 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 981.

Getting to Durjan

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

Durjan lies about 38 km from Garhwa, and the nearest railway station is Barwadih Junction, about 37 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 Durjan
Tehsil headquarters	Ramkanda	14 km
Nearest railway station	Barwadih Junction	37 km
District headquarters	Garhwa	38 km

Villages closest to Durjan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Durjan village had a population of 1,375. That makes it the 11th largest of the 32 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,389 residents.

Durjan village has 671 males and 704 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Durjan has about 1049 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 981.

The pincode recorded for Durjan is 822125. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Durjan covers 1282 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Durjan falls under Ramkanda tehsil of Garhwa district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Durjan is Barwadih Junction, about 37 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 Durjan.

Durjan is about 38 km from Garhwa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Durjan is in Ramkanda tehsil of Garhwa district. Ramkanda is about 14 km away. Barwadih Junction is about 37 km away. Garhwa is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.