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About Dhawadangal Village

Dhawadangal is a small village in Sundarpahari tehsil, in the district of Godda, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 213, made up of 117 males and 96 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 821 females per 1000 males. The village covers 160 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814156, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dhawadangal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dhawadangal village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Godda
Tehsil Sundarpahari
Pincode 814156
Area (hectares) 160 hectares
Population 213
Male Population 117
Female Population 96
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 821
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Dhawadangal compares

By the 2011 count Dhawadangal is the 80th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 300 residents. Its 160 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1023.

Getting to Dhawadangal

Dhawadangal is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Dhawadangal as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Dhawadangal from other places

Dhawadangal lies about 58 km from Godda, and the nearest railway station is Nagarnabi, about 16 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 Dhawadangal
Tehsil headquarters Sundarpahari 10 km
Nearest town Pakur 14 km
Nearest railway station Nagarnabi 16 km
District headquarters Godda 58 km

Villages closest to Dhawadangal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dhawadangal village had a population of 213. That makes it the 80th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 300 residents.

Dhawadangal village has 117 males and 96 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dhawadangal has about 821 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1023.

The pincode recorded for Dhawadangal is 814156. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dhawadangal covers 160 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Dhawadangal falls under Sundarpahari tehsil of Godda district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Dhawadangal is Nagarnabi, about 16 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 10+ km distance for Dhawadangal.

Dhawadangal is about 58 km from Godda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dhawadangal is in Sundarpahari tehsil of Godda district. Sundarpahari is about 10 km away. Pakur is about 14 km away. Nagarnabi is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kheribari (4.6 km), Gamharia (5.0 km) and Tasria (5.3 km).

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

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