About Dumarjhara Village

Dumarjhara is a small village in Gawan tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 255, made up of 128 males and 127 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 992 females per 1000 males. The village covers 597.65 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815313, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dumarjhara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dumarjhara village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Giridih
Tehsil	Gawan
Pincode	815313
Area (hectares)	597.65 hectares
Population	255
Male Population	128
Female Population	127
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	992
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dumarjhara compares

By the 2011 count Dumarjhara is the 80th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 849 residents. Its 597.65 hectares work out to about 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 971.

Getting to Dumarjhara

Dumarjhara is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Dumarjhara as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Dumarjhara from other places

Dumarjhara lies about 71 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Dhanwar, about 34 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 Dumarjhara
Tehsil headquarters	Gawan	12 km
Nearest railway station	Dhanwar	34 km
Nearest town	Jamūī	36 km
District headquarters	Giridih	71 km

Villages closest to Dumarjhara

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 Dumarjhara

As per the Census of India 2011, Dumarjhara village had a population of 255. That makes it the 80th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 849 residents.

Dumarjhara village has 128 males and 127 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dumarjhara has about 992 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 971.

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

Dumarjhara covers 597.65 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Dumarjhara falls under Gawan tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Dumarjhara is Dhanwar, about 34 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 village for Dumarjhara.

Dumarjhara is about 71 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dumarjhara is in Gawan tehsil of Giridih district. Gawan is about 12 km away. Dhanwar is about 34 km away. Jamūī is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.