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About Domni Village

Domni is a small village in Gawan tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 131, made up of 65 males and 66 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,015 females per 1000 males. The village covers 120.7 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815313, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Domni Overview

Census 2011 figures for Domni village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Giridih
Tehsil Gawan
Pincode 815313
Area (hectares) 120.7 hectares
Population 131
Male Population 65
Female Population 66
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,015
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Domni compares

By the 2011 count Domni is the 112th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 849 residents. Its 120.7 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 971.

Getting to Domni

Domni is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Domni 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Domni from other places

Domni lies about 64 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Nawadih, about 18 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 Domni
Tehsil headquarters Gawan 9.8 km
Nearest railway station Nawadih 18 km
Nearest town Kodarma 27 km
District headquarters Giridih 64 km

Villages closest to Domni

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Domni village had a population of 131. That makes it the 112th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 849 residents.

Domni village has 65 males and 66 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Domni has about 1015 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 971.

The pincode recorded for Domni is 815313. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Domni covers 120.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Domni falls under Gawan tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Domni is Nawadih, about 18 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 10+ km distance for Domni.

Domni is about 64 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Domni is in Gawan tehsil of Giridih district. Gawan is about 9.8 km away. Nawadih is about 18 km away. Kodarma is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Charki (under 2 km), Baghlaria (under 2 km) and Garianchun (under 2 km).

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

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