About Dhenga Village

Dhenga is a mid sized village in Barkagaon tehsil, in the district of Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 992, made up of 514 males and 478 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 930 females per 1000 males. The village covers 217 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825311, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dhenga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dhenga village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Hazaribagh
Tehsil	Barkagaon
Pincode	825311
Area (hectares)	217 hectares
Population	992
Male Population	514
Female Population	478
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	930
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dhenga compares

By the 2011 count Dhenga is the 48th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,608 residents. Its 217 hectares work out to about 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 970.

Getting to Dhenga

Dhenga is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Dhenga as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Dhenga from other places

Dhenga lies about 21 km from Hazaribagh, and the nearest railway station is Bes, about 12 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 Dhenga
Tehsil headquarters	Barkagaon	under 2 km
Nearest railway station	Bes	12 km
District headquarters	Hazaribagh	21 km
Nearest town	Hazāribāgh	21 km

Villages closest to Dhenga

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dhenga village had a population of 992. That makes it the 48th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,608 residents.

Dhenga village has 514 males and 478 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dhenga has about 930 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 970.

The pincode recorded for Dhenga is 825311. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dhenga covers 217 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dhenga falls under Barkagaon tehsil of Hazaribagh district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Dhenga is Bes, about 12 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Dhenga.

Dhenga is about 21 km from Hazaribagh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dhenga is in Barkagaon tehsil of Hazaribagh district. Barkagaon is about under 2 km away. Bes is about 12 km away. Hazaribagh is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.