About Dumargarha Village

Dumargarha is a small village in Dhanwar tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 281, made up of 136 males and 145 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,066 females per 1000 males. The village covers 44.42 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825418, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dumargarha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dumargarha village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Giridih
Tehsil	Dhanwar
Pincode	825418
Area (hectares)	44.42 hectares
Population	281
Male Population	136
Female Population	145
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,066
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dumargarha compares

By the 2011 count Dumargarha is the 209th largest of the 248 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 959 residents. Its 44.42 hectares work out to about 6.3 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 933.

Getting to Dumargarha

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

Dumargarha lies about 56 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Nawadih, about 3.8 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 Dumargarha
Nearest railway station	Nawadih	3.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dhanwar	16 km
Nearest town	Kodarma	24 km
District headquarters	Giridih	56 km

Villages closest to Dumargarha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dumargarha village had a population of 281. That makes it the 209th largest of the 248 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 959 residents.

Dumargarha village has 136 males and 145 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dumargarha has about 1066 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 933.

The pincode recorded for Dumargarha is 825418. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dumargarha covers 44.42 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.3 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Dumargarha falls under Dhanwar tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Dumargarha is Nawadih, about 3.8 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 Dumargarha.

Dumargarha is about 56 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dumargarha is in Dhanwar tehsil of Giridih district. Nawadih is about 3.8 km away. Dhanwar is about 16 km away. Kodarma is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.