About Dala Kalan Village

Dala Kalan is a mid sized village in Pandu tehsil, in the district of Palamu, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,773, made up of 945 males and 828 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 876 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1230 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822113, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dala Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dala Kalan village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Palamu
Tehsil	Pandu
Pincode	822113
Area (hectares)	1230 hectares
Population	1,773
Male Population	945
Female Population	828
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	876
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 Dala Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Dala Kalan is the 12th largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,331 residents. Its 1230 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 912.

Getting to Dala Kalan

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

Dala Kalan lies about 81 km from Palamu, and the nearest railway station is Bes, 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 Dala Kalan
Tehsil headquarters	Pandu	7.6 km
Nearest railway station	Bes	16 km
Nearest town	Hazāribāgh	23 km
District headquarters	Palamu	81 km

Villages closest to Dala Kalan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Pandu 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 Dala Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Dala Kalan village had a population of 1,773. That makes it the 12th largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,331 residents.

Dala Kalan village has 945 males and 828 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dala Kalan has about 876 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 912.

The pincode recorded for Dala Kalan is 822113. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dala Kalan covers 1230 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Dala Kalan falls under Pandu tehsil of Palamu district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Dala Kalan is Bes, 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Dala Kalan.

Dala Kalan is about 81 km from Palamu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dala Kalan is in Pandu tehsil of Palamu district. Pandu is about 7.6 km away. Bes is about 16 km away. Hazāribāgh is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.