About Durjanadih Village

Durjanadih is a small village in Dhanwar tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 432, made up of 225 males and 207 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 920 females per 1000 males. The village covers 74.03 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825418, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Durjanadih Overview

Census 2011 figures for Durjanadih village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Giridih
Tehsil	Dhanwar
Pincode	825418
Area (hectares)	74.03 hectares
Population	432
Male Population	225
Female Population	207
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	920
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Durjanadih compares

By the 2011 count Durjanadih is the 182nd largest of the 248 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 959 residents. Its 74.03 hectares work out to about 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 933.

Getting to Durjanadih

Durjanadih is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Durjanadih as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Durjanadih from other places

Durjanadih lies about 47 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Dhanwar, about 4.8 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 Durjanadih
Nearest railway station	Dhanwar	4.8 km
Nearest town	Barki Saria	27 km
District headquarters	Giridih	47 km

Villages closest to Durjanadih

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 Durjanadih

As per the Census of India 2011, Durjanadih village had a population of 432. That makes it the 182nd largest of the 248 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 959 residents.

Durjanadih village has 225 males and 207 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Durjanadih has about 920 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 933.

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

Durjanadih covers 74.03 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Durjanadih falls under Dhanwar tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Durjanadih is Dhanwar, about 4.8 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Durjanadih.

Durjanadih is about 47 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Durjanadih is in Dhanwar tehsil of Giridih district. Dhanwar is about 4.8 km away. Barki Saria is about 27 km away. Giridih is about 47 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.