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About Dudhapani Village

Dudhapani is a small village in Kundhit tehsil, in the district of Jamtara, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 201, made up of 98 males and 103 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,051 females per 1000 males. The village covers 245.15 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815359, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dudhapani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dudhapani village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Jamtara
Tehsil Kundhit
Pincode 815359
Area (hectares) 245.15 hectares
Population 201
Male Population 98
Female Population 103
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,051
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 Dudhapani compares

By the 2011 count Dudhapani is the 117th largest of the 152 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 550 residents. Its 245.15 hectares work out to about 0.8 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 983.

Getting to Dudhapani

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

Dudhapani lies about 32 km from Jamtara, and the nearest railway station is Vidyasagar, about 23 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 Dudhapani
Nearest railway station Vidyasagar 23 km
Nearest town Dhanbad 24 km
Tehsil headquarters Kundhit 32 km
District headquarters Jamtara 32 km

Villages closest to Dudhapani

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dudhapani village had a population of 201. That makes it the 117th largest of the 152 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 550 residents.

Dudhapani village has 98 males and 103 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dudhapani has about 1051 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 983.

The pincode recorded for Dudhapani is 815359. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dudhapani covers 245.15 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Dudhapani falls under Kundhit tehsil of Jamtara district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Dudhapani is Vidyasagar, about 23 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 Dudhapani.

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

Dudhapani is in Kundhit tehsil of Jamtara district. Vidyasagar is about 23 km away. Dhanbad is about 24 km away. Kundhit is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kaibad (3.7 km), Sankarpur (5.2 km) and Jalalpur (22 km).

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

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