About Dumkadanga Village

Dumkadanga is a small village in Maheshpur tehsil, in the district of Pakur, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 423, made up of 203 males and 220 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,084 females per 1000 males. The village covers 79 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814111, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dumkadanga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dumkadanga village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Pakur
Tehsil	Maheshpur
Pincode	814111
Area (hectares)	79 hectares
Population	423
Male Population	203
Female Population	220
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,084
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dumkadanga compares

By the 2011 count Dumkadanga is the 174th largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 656 residents. Its 79 hectares work out to about 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1012.

Getting to Dumkadanga

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

Dumkadanga lies about 26 km from Pakur, and the nearest railway station is Murarai, about 15 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 Dumkadanga
Tehsil headquarters	Maheshpur	6.6 km
Nearest railway station	Murarai	15 km
Nearest town	Nalhāti	20 km
District headquarters	Pakur	26 km

Villages closest to Dumkadanga

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dumkadanga village had a population of 423. That makes it the 174th largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 656 residents.

Dumkadanga village has 203 males and 220 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dumkadanga has about 1084 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1012.

The pincode recorded for Dumkadanga is 814111. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dumkadanga covers 79 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dumkadanga falls under Maheshpur tehsil of Pakur district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Dumkadanga is Murarai, about 15 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 - 10 km distance for Dumkadanga.

Dumkadanga is about 26 km from Pakur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dumkadanga is in Maheshpur tehsil of Pakur district. Maheshpur is about 6.6 km away. Murarai is about 15 km away. Nalhāti is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.