About Dharnapur Village

Dharnapur is a small village in Kamdara tehsil, in the district of Gumla, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 286, made up of 138 males and 148 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,072 females per 1000 males. The village covers 218 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835227, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dharnapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dharnapur village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Gumla
Tehsil	Kamdara
Pincode	835227
Area (hectares)	218 hectares
Population	286
Male Population	138
Female Population	148
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,072
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 Dharnapur compares

By the 2011 count Dharnapur is the 65th largest of the 73 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 874 residents. Its 218 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1004.

Getting to Dharnapur

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

Dharnapur lies about 33 km from Gumla, and the nearest railway station is Bakaspur, about 9.7 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 Dharnapur
Nearest railway station	Bakaspur	9.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kamdara	11 km
District headquarters	Gumla	33 km
Nearest town	Gumlā	33 km

Villages closest to Dharnapur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dharnapur village had a population of 286. That makes it the 65th largest of the 73 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 874 residents.

Dharnapur village has 138 males and 148 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dharnapur has about 1072 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Dharnapur is 835227. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dharnapur covers 218 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.

Dharnapur falls under Kamdara tehsil of Gumla district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Dharnapur is Bakaspur, about 9.7 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 Dharnapur.

Dharnapur is about 33 km from Gumla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dharnapur is in Kamdara tehsil of Gumla district. Bakaspur is about 9.7 km away. Kamdara is about 11 km away. Gumla is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.