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About Dharampur Village

Dharampur is a small village in Gande tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 181, made up of 89 males and 92 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,034 females per 1000 males. The village covers 72.32 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 818312, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dharampur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dharampur village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Giridih
Tehsil Gande
Pincode 818312
Area (hectares) 72.32 hectares
Population 181
Male Population 89
Female Population 92
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,034
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Dharampur compares

By the 2011 count Dharampur is the 202nd largest of the 243 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 659 residents. Its 72.32 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 945.

Getting to Dharampur

The census records public bus service for Dharampur as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Dharampur from other places

Dharampur lies about 15 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Maheshmunda Junction, about 7.9 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 Dharampur
Tehsil headquarters Gande 2.1 km
Nearest railway station Maheshmunda Junction 7.9 km
District headquarters Giridih 15 km

Villages closest to Dharampur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dharampur village had a population of 181. That makes it the 202nd largest of the 243 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 659 residents.

Dharampur village has 89 males and 92 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dharampur has about 1034 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 945.

The pincode recorded for Dharampur is 818312. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dharampur covers 72.32 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dharampur falls under Gande tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Dharampur is Maheshmunda Junction, about 7.9 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Dharampur.

Dharampur is about 15 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dharampur is in Gande tehsil of Giridih district. Gande is about 2.1 km away. Maheshmunda Junction is about 7.9 km away. Giridih is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Naekdih (under 2 km), Sitla (under 2 km) and Punidih (1.5 km).

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

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