About Dhumkhar Village

Dhumkhar is a small village in Manatu tehsil, in the district of Palamu, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 177, made up of 91 males and 86 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 945 females per 1000 males. The village covers 99.37 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822123, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dhumkhar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dhumkhar village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Palamu
Tehsil	Manatu
Pincode	822123
Area (hectares)	99.37 hectares
Population	177
Male Population	91
Female Population	86
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	945
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 Dhumkhar compares

By the 2011 count Dhumkhar is the 64th largest of the 76 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 610 residents. Its 99.37 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 916.

Getting to Dhumkhar

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

Dhumkhar lies about 161 km from Palamu, and the nearest railway station is Kajri, about 43 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 Dhumkhar
Tehsil headquarters	Manatu	32 km
Nearest town	Chatrā	43 km
Nearest railway station	Kajri	43 km
District headquarters	Palamu	161 km

Villages closest to Dhumkhar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dhumkhar village had a population of 177. That makes it the 64th largest of the 76 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 610 residents.

Dhumkhar village has 91 males and 86 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dhumkhar has about 945 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 916.

The pincode recorded for Dhumkhar is 822123. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dhumkhar covers 99.37 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Dhumkhar falls under Manatu tehsil of Palamu district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Dhumkhar is Kajri, about 43 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 Dhumkhar.

Dhumkhar is about 161 km from Palamu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dhumkhar is in Manatu tehsil of Palamu district. Manatu is about 32 km away. Chatrā is about 43 km away. Kajri is about 43 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.