About Durgesaran Village

Durgesaran is a mid sized village in Jamua tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 553, made up of 281 males and 272 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 968 females per 1000 males. The village covers 132 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825412, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Durgesaran Overview

Census 2011 figures for Durgesaran village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Giridih
Tehsil	Jamua
Pincode	825412
Area (hectares)	132 hectares
Population	553
Male Population	281
Female Population	272
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	968
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 Durgesaran compares

By the 2011 count Durgesaran is the 165th largest of the 282 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 912 residents. Its 132 hectares work out to about 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 947.

Getting to Durgesaran

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

Durgesaran lies about 140 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Katkamsandi, about 30 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 Durgesaran
Nearest town	Chatrā	5.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jamua	19 km
Nearest railway station	Katkamsandi	30 km
District headquarters	Giridih	140 km

Villages closest to Durgesaran

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Durgesaran village had a population of 553. That makes it the 165th largest of the 282 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 912 residents.

Durgesaran village has 281 males and 272 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Durgesaran has about 968 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 947.

The pincode recorded for Durgesaran is 825412. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Durgesaran covers 132 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Durgesaran falls under Jamua tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Durgesaran is Katkamsandi, about 30 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 Durgesaran.

Durgesaran is about 140 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Durgesaran is in Jamua tehsil of Giridih district. Chatrā is about 5.9 km away. Jamua is about 19 km away. Katkamsandi is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.