About Dehar Village

Dehar is a small village in Gawan tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 68, made up of 35 males and 33 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 943 females per 1000 males. The village covers 153.62 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815313, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dehar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dehar village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Giridih
Tehsil	Gawan
Pincode	815313
Area (hectares)	153.62 hectares
Population	68
Male Population	35
Female Population	33
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	943
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 Dehar compares

By the 2011 count Dehar is the 121st largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 849 residents. Its 153.62 hectares work out to about 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 971.

Getting to Dehar

Dehar is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Dehar 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 Dehar from other places

Dehar lies about 70 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Maheshpur, about 26 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 Dehar
Tehsil headquarters	Gawan	7.9 km
Nearest railway station	Maheshpur	26 km
Nearest town	Kodarma	34 km
District headquarters	Giridih	70 km

Villages closest to Dehar

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 Dehar

As per the Census of India 2011, Dehar village had a population of 68. That makes it the 121st largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 849 residents.

Dehar village has 35 males and 33 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dehar has about 943 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 971.

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

Dehar covers 153.62 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.

Dehar falls under Gawan tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Dehar is Maheshpur, about 26 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 Dehar.

Dehar is about 70 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dehar is in Gawan tehsil of Giridih district. Gawan is about 7.9 km away. Maheshpur is about 26 km away. Kodarma is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.