About Dhab Village

Dhab is a small village in Chauparan tehsil, in the district of Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 146, made up of 79 males and 67 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 848 females per 1000 males. The village covers 39.63 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825406, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dhab Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dhab village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Hazaribagh
Tehsil	Chauparan
Pincode	825406
Area (hectares)	39.63 hectares
Population	146
Male Population	79
Female Population	67
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	848
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 Dhab compares

By the 2011 count Dhab is the 168th largest of the 220 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 658 residents. Its 39.63 hectares work out to about 3.7 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 1035.

Getting to Dhab

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

Dhab lies about 42 km from Hazaribagh, and the nearest railway station is Barhi, about 18 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 Dhab
Tehsil headquarters	Chauparan	4.1 km
Nearest railway station	Barhi	18 km
Nearest town	Bagaha	27 km
District headquarters	Hazaribagh	42 km

Villages closest to Dhab

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dhab village had a population of 146. That makes it the 168th largest of the 220 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 658 residents.

Dhab village has 79 males and 67 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dhab has about 848 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1035.

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

Dhab covers 39.63 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dhab falls under Chauparan tehsil of Hazaribagh district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Dhab is Barhi, about 18 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 Dhab.

Dhab is about 42 km from Hazaribagh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dhab is in Chauparan tehsil of Hazaribagh district. Chauparan is about 4.1 km away. Barhi is about 18 km away. Bagaha is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.