About Dakaita Village

Dakaita is a small village in Mahagama tehsil, in the district of Godda, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 124, made up of 60 males and 64 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,067 females per 1000 males. The village covers 29.5 hectares hectares.

Dakaita Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dakaita village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Godda
Tehsil	Mahagama
Area (hectares)	29.5 hectares
Population	124
Male Population	60
Female Population	64
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,067
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dakaita compares

By the 2011 count Dakaita is the 188th largest of the 229 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 788 residents. Its 29.5 hectares work out to about 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 952.

Getting to Dakaita

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

Dakaita lies about 24 km from Godda, and the nearest railway station is Ekchari, about 25 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 Dakaita
Tehsil headquarters	Mahagama	under 2 km
District headquarters	Godda	24 km
Nearest railway station	Ekchari	25 km

Villages closest to Dakaita

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dakaita village had a population of 124. That makes it the 188th largest of the 229 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 788 residents.

Dakaita village has 60 males and 64 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dakaita has about 1067 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 952.

Dakaita covers 29.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dakaita falls under Mahagama tehsil of Godda district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Dakaita is Ekchari, about 25 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 and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Dakaita.

Dakaita is about 24 km from Godda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dakaita is in Mahagama tehsil of Godda district. Mahagama is about under 2 km away. Godda is about 24 km away. Ekchari is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.