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About Dasmuria Village

Dasmuria is a small village in Bengabad tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 110, made up of 58 males and 52 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 897 females per 1000 males. The village covers 55 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815312, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dasmuria Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dasmuria village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Giridih
Tehsil Bengabad
Pincode 815312
Area (hectares) 55 hectares
Population 110
Male Population 58
Female Population 52
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 897
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Dasmuria compares

By the 2011 count Dasmuria is the 195th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 677 residents. Its 55 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 943.

Getting to Dasmuria

Dasmuria is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Dasmuria 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Dasmuria from other places

Dasmuria lies about 17 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Maheshmunda Junction, about 11 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 Dasmuria
Tehsil headquarters Bengabad 3.0 km
Nearest railway station Maheshmunda Junction 11 km
District headquarters Giridih 17 km

Villages closest to Dasmuria

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.

Common questions about Dasmuria

As per the Census of India 2011, Dasmuria village had a population of 110. That makes it the 195th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 677 residents.

Dasmuria village has 58 males and 52 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dasmuria has about 897 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 Dasmuria is 815312. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dasmuria covers 55 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dasmuria falls under Bengabad tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Dasmuria is Maheshmunda Junction, about 11 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Dasmuria.

Dasmuria is about 17 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dasmuria is in Bengabad tehsil of Giridih district. Bengabad is about 3.0 km away. Maheshmunda Junction is about 11 km away. Giridih is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ghagra (under 2 km), Bansokorha (under 2 km) and Chorpahari (1.5 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Dasmuria today is likely to be higher.

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