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About Danokhunt Village

Danokhunt is a mid sized village in Tisri tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 539, made up of 276 males and 263 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 953 females per 1000 males. The village covers 265 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815313, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Danokhunt Overview

Census 2011 figures for Danokhunt village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Giridih
Tehsil Tisri
Pincode 815313
Area (hectares) 265 hectares
Population 539
Male Population 276
Female Population 263
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 953
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 Danokhunt compares

By the 2011 count Danokhunt is the 55th largest of the 178 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 527 residents. Its 265 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1007.

Getting to Danokhunt

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

Danokhunt lies about 59 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Dhanwar, about 27 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 Danokhunt
Tehsil headquarters Tisri 9.0 km
Nearest railway station Dhanwar 27 km
Nearest town Jamūī 36 km
District headquarters Giridih 59 km

Villages closest to Danokhunt

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Danokhunt village had a population of 539. That makes it the 55th largest of the 178 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 527 residents.

Danokhunt village has 276 males and 263 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Danokhunt has about 953 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1007.

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

Danokhunt covers 265 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Danokhunt falls under Tisri tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Danokhunt is Dhanwar, about 27 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 Danokhunt.

Danokhunt is about 59 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Danokhunt is in Tisri tehsil of Giridih district. Tisri is about 9.0 km away. Dhanwar is about 27 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.

The closest recorded villages are Nariamo (under 2 km), Jamamo (1.6 km) and Nagri (1.6 km).

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

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