About Dalgando Village

Dalgando is a small village in Bengabad tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 321, made up of 175 males and 146 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 834 females per 1000 males. The village covers 181 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815312, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dalgando Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dalgando village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Giridih
Tehsil	Bengabad
Pincode	815312
Area (hectares)	181 hectares
Population	321
Male Population	175
Female Population	146
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	834
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dalgando compares

By the 2011 count Dalgando is the 149th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 677 residents. Its 181 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 943.

Getting to Dalgando

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

Dalgando lies about 19 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Maheshmunda Junction, about 14 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 Dalgando
Tehsil headquarters	Bengabad	5.5 km
Nearest railway station	Maheshmunda Junction	14 km
District headquarters	Giridih	19 km

Villages closest to Dalgando

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dalgando village had a population of 321. That makes it the 149th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 677 residents.

Dalgando village has 175 males and 146 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dalgando has about 834 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 943.

The pincode recorded for Dalgando is 815312. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dalgando covers 181 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Dalgando falls under Bengabad tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Dalgando is Maheshmunda Junction, about 14 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Dalgando.

Dalgando is about 19 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dalgando is in Bengabad tehsil of Giridih district. Bengabad is about 5.5 km away. Maheshmunda Junction is about 14 km away. Giridih is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.