About Deochanda Village

Deochanda is a mid sized village in Barhi tehsil, in the district of Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,287, made up of 678 males and 609 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 898 females per 1000 males. The village covers 358.64 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825406, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Deochanda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Deochanda village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Hazaribagh
Tehsil	Barhi
Pincode	825406
Area (hectares)	358.64 hectares
Population	1,287
Male Population	678
Female Population	609
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	898
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 Deochanda compares

By the 2011 count Deochanda is the 28th largest of the 99 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,121 residents. Its 358.64 hectares work out to about 3.6 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 943.

Getting to Deochanda

Deochanda is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Deochanda 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 Deochanda from other places

Deochanda lies about 32 km from Hazaribagh, and the nearest railway station is Barhi, about 3.9 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 Deochanda
Nearest railway station	Barhi	3.9 km
Nearest town	Jhumri Telaiya	23 km
District headquarters	Hazaribagh	32 km

Villages closest to Deochanda

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Deochanda village had a population of 1,287. That makes it the 28th largest of the 99 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,121 residents.

Deochanda village has 678 males and 609 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Deochanda has about 898 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 943.

The pincode recorded for Deochanda is 825406. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Deochanda covers 358.64 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Deochanda falls under Barhi tehsil of Hazaribagh district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Deochanda is Barhi, about 3.9 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 Deochanda.

Deochanda is about 32 km from Hazaribagh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Deochanda is in Barhi tehsil of Hazaribagh district. Barhi is about 3.9 km away. Jhumri Telaiya is about 23 km away. Hazaribagh is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.