About Dalang Village

Dalang is a small village in Thakurgangti tehsil, in the district of Godda, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 340, made up of 182 males and 158 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 868 females per 1000 males. The village covers 101 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 813208, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dalang Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dalang village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Godda
Tehsil	Thakurgangti
Pincode	813208
Area (hectares)	101 hectares
Population	340
Male Population	182
Female Population	158
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	868
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dalang compares

By the 2011 count Dalang is the 79th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 693 residents. Its 101 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 981.

Getting to Dalang

Dalang is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Dalang as Available within 5 - 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 Dalang from other places

Dalang lies about 38 km from Godda, and the nearest railway station is Mirza Cheuki Railway Station, about 19 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 Dalang
Tehsil headquarters	Thakurgangti	2.5 km
Nearest railway station	Mirza Cheuki Railway Station	19 km
Nearest town	Sāhibganj	25 km
District headquarters	Godda	38 km

Villages closest to Dalang

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dalang village had a population of 340. That makes it the 79th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 693 residents.

Dalang village has 182 males and 158 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dalang has about 868 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 981.

The pincode recorded for Dalang is 813208. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dalang covers 101 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dalang falls under Thakurgangti tehsil of Godda district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Dalang is Mirza Cheuki Railway Station, about 19 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Dalang.

Dalang is about 38 km from Godda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dalang is in Thakurgangti tehsil of Godda district. Thakurgangti is about 2.5 km away. Mirza Cheuki Railway Station is about 19 km away. Sāhibganj is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.