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About Diyankel Village

Diyankel is a mid sized village in Torpa tehsil, in the district of Khunti, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,190, made up of 578 males and 612 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,059 females per 1000 males. The village covers 524.61 hectares hectares.

Diyankel Overview

Census 2011 figures for Diyankel village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Khunti
Tehsil Torpa
Area (hectares) 524.61 hectares
Population 1,190
Male Population 578
Female Population 612
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,059
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Diyankel compares

By the 2011 count Diyankel is the 23rd largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 898 residents. Its 524.61 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1023.

Getting to Diyankel

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

Diyankel lies about 24 km from Khunti, and the nearest railway station is Govindpur Road, about 16 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 Diyankel
Tehsil headquarters Torpa 1.9 km
Nearest railway station Govindpur Road 16 km
District headquarters Khunti 24 km

Villages closest to Diyankel

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Diyankel village had a population of 1,190. That makes it the 23rd largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 898 residents.

Diyankel village has 578 males and 612 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Diyankel has about 1059 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1023.

Diyankel covers 524.61 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Diyankel falls under Torpa tehsil of Khunti district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Diyankel is Govindpur Road, about 16 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 village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Diyankel.

Diyankel is about 24 km from Khunti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Diyankel is in Torpa tehsil of Khunti district. Torpa is about 1.9 km away. Govindpur Road is about 16 km away. Khunti is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Patrauyur (under 2 km), Ramjay (under 2 km) and Torpa (1.9 km).

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

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