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About Donai Kalan Village

Donai Kalan is a mid sized village in Padma tehsil, in the district of Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,740, made up of 906 males and 834 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 921 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1150 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825411, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Donai Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Donai Kalan village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Hazaribagh
Tehsil Padma
Pincode 825411
Area (hectares) 1150 hectares
Population 1,740
Male Population 906
Female Population 834
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 921
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Donai Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Donai Kalan is the 12th largest of the 40 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,400 residents. Its 1150 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 957.

Getting to Donai Kalan

Donai Kalan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Donai Kalan as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Donai Kalan from other places

Donai Kalan lies about 20 km from Hazaribagh, and the nearest railway station is Padma, about 5.0 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 Donai Kalan
Nearest railway station Padma 5.0 km
District headquarters Hazaribagh 20 km
Nearest town Hazāribāgh 20 km

Villages closest to Donai Kalan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Padma 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 Donai Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Donai Kalan village had a population of 1,740. That makes it the 12th largest of the 40 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,400 residents.

Donai Kalan village has 906 males and 834 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Donai Kalan has about 921 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 957.

The pincode recorded for Donai Kalan is 825411. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Donai Kalan covers 1150 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Donai Kalan falls under Padma tehsil of Hazaribagh district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Donai Kalan is Padma, about 5.0 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 village for Donai Kalan.

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

Donai Kalan is in Padma tehsil of Hazaribagh district. Padma is about 5.0 km away. Hazaribagh is about 20 km away. Hazāribāgh 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 Nawadih Kalan (under 2 km), Kutipisi (1.7 km) and Donai Khurd (2.0 km).

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

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