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About Danipani Village

Danipani is a small village in Palkot tehsil, in the district of Gumla, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 134, made up of 65 males and 69 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,062 females per 1000 males. The village covers 277 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835220, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Danipani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Danipani village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Gumla
Tehsil Palkot
Pincode 835220
Area (hectares) 277 hectares
Population 134
Male Population 65
Female Population 69
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,062
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 Danipani compares

By the 2011 count Danipani is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,116 residents. Its 277 hectares work out to about 0.5 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 1020.

Getting to Danipani

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

Danipani lies about 20 km from Gumla, and the nearest railway station is Kurkura, about 35 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 Danipani
Tehsil headquarters Palkot 4.7 km
District headquarters Gumla 20 km
Nearest town Gumlā 20 km
Nearest railway station Kurkura 35 km

Villages closest to Danipani

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Danipani village had a population of 134. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,116 residents.

Danipani village has 65 males and 69 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Danipani has about 1062 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1020.

The pincode recorded for Danipani is 835220. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Danipani covers 277 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Danipani falls under Palkot tehsil of Gumla district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Danipani is Kurkura, about 35 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 Danipani.

Danipani is about 20 km from Gumla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Danipani is in Palkot tehsil of Gumla district. Palkot is about 4.7 km away. Gumla is about 20 km away. Gumlā is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gonmer (2.2 km), Kasira (2.3 km) and Kurum (3.0 km).

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

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