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About Doengar Village

Doengar is a mid sized village in Rania tehsil, in the district of Khunti, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 668, made up of 322 males and 346 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,075 females per 1000 males. The village covers 434.86 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835227, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Doengar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Doengar village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Khunti
Tehsil Rania
Pincode 835227
Area (hectares) 434.86 hectares
Population 668
Male Population 322
Female Population 346
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,075
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Doengar compares

By the 2011 count Doengar is the 20th largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 601 residents. Its 434.86 hectares work out to about 1.5 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 1010.

Getting to Doengar

Doengar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Doengar as Available within <5 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 Doengar from other places

Doengar lies about 35 km from Khunti, and the nearest railway station is Pakra, about 11 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 Doengar
Tehsil headquarters Rania 8.6 km
Nearest railway station Pakra 11 km
District headquarters Khunti 35 km

Villages closest to Doengar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Doengar village had a population of 668. That makes it the 20th largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 601 residents.

Doengar village has 322 males and 346 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Doengar has about 1075 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1010.

The pincode recorded for Doengar is 835227. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Doengar covers 434.86 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.

Doengar falls under Rania tehsil of Khunti district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Doengar is Pakra, about 11 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Doengar.

Doengar is about 35 km from Khunti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Doengar is in Rania tehsil of Khunti district. Rania is about 8.6 km away. Pakra is about 11 km away. Khunti is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Orengtoli (under 2 km), Kulhai (under 2 km) and Manhatu (under 2 km).

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

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