About Dandakuria Village

Dandakuria is a small village in Litipara tehsil, in the district of Pakur, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 117, made up of 66 males and 51 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 773 females per 1000 males. The village covers 164.43 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816102, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dandakuria Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dandakuria village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Pakur
Tehsil	Litipara
Pincode	816102
Area (hectares)	164.43 hectares
Population	117
Male Population	66
Female Population	51
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	773
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 Dandakuria compares

By the 2011 count Dandakuria is the 185th largest of the 258 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 384 residents. Its 164.43 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1048.

Getting to Dandakuria

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

Dandakuria lies about 33 km from Pakur, and the nearest railway station is Barharwa Junction, about 27 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 Dandakuria
Tehsil headquarters	Litipara	10 km
Nearest railway station	Barharwa Junction	27 km
District headquarters	Pakur	33 km

Villages closest to Dandakuria

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dandakuria village had a population of 117. That makes it the 185th largest of the 258 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 384 residents.

Dandakuria village has 66 males and 51 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dandakuria has about 773 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1048.

The pincode recorded for Dandakuria is 816102. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dandakuria covers 164.43 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Dandakuria falls under Litipara tehsil of Pakur district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Dandakuria is Barharwa Junction, about 27 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 Dandakuria.

Dandakuria is about 33 km from Pakur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dandakuria is in Litipara tehsil of Pakur district. Litipara is about 10 km away. Barharwa Junction is about 27 km away. Pakur is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.