About Dekla Village

Dekla is a small village in Murhu tehsil, in the district of Khunti, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 348, made up of 177 males and 171 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 966 females per 1000 males. The village covers 273 hectares hectares.

Dekla Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dekla village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Khunti
Tehsil	Murhu
Area (hectares)	273 hectares
Population	348
Male Population	177
Female Population	171
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	966
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 Dekla compares

By the 2011 count Dekla is the 97th largest of the 140 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 608 residents. Its 273 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 996.

Getting to Dekla

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

Dekla lies about 16 km from Khunti, and the nearest railway station is Karra, about 30 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 Dekla
Tehsil headquarters	Murhu	7.3 km
District headquarters	Khunti	16 km
Nearest railway station	Karra	30 km

Villages closest to Dekla

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dekla village had a population of 348. That makes it the 97th largest of the 140 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 608 residents.

Dekla village has 177 males and 171 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dekla has about 966 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 996.

Dekla covers 273 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Dekla falls under Murhu tehsil of Khunti district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Dekla is Karra, about 30 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 Dekla.

Dekla is about 16 km from Khunti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dekla is in Murhu tehsil of Khunti district. Murhu is about 7.3 km away. Khunti is about 16 km away. Karra is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.