About Donosot Village

Donosot is a small village in Gawan tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 365, made up of 198 males and 167 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 843 females per 1000 males. The village covers 28.87 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815313, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Donosot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Donosot village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Giridih
Tehsil	Gawan
Pincode	815313
Area (hectares)	28.87 hectares
Population	365
Male Population	198
Female Population	167
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	843
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Donosot compares

By the 2011 count Donosot is the 64th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 849 residents. Its 28.87 hectares work out to about 13 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 971.

Getting to Donosot

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

Donosot lies about 60 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Dhanwar, about 20 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 Donosot
Tehsil headquarters	Gawan	3.0 km
Nearest railway station	Dhanwar	20 km
Nearest town	Kodarma	38 km
District headquarters	Giridih	60 km

Villages closest to Donosot

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.

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Common questions about Donosot

As per the Census of India 2011, Donosot village had a population of 365. That makes it the 64th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 849 residents.

Donosot village has 198 males and 167 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Donosot has about 843 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 971.

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

Donosot covers 28.87 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 13 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Donosot falls under Gawan tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Donosot is Dhanwar, about 20 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 Donosot.

Donosot is about 60 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Donosot is in Gawan tehsil of Giridih district. Gawan is about 3.0 km away. Dhanwar is about 20 km away. Kodarma is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.