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About Diku Ponga Village

Diku Ponga is a small village in Manoharpur tehsil, in the district of Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 156, made up of 74 males and 82 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,108 females per 1000 males. The village covers 132.53 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 833104, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Diku Ponga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Diku Ponga village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Pashchimi Singhbhum
Tehsil Manoharpur
Pincode 833104
Area (hectares) 132.53 hectares
Population 156
Male Population 74
Female Population 82
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,108
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 Diku Ponga compares

By the 2011 count Diku Ponga is the 94th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 787 residents. Its 132.53 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 991.

Getting to Diku Ponga

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

Diku Ponga lies about 56 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Gua, about 14 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 Diku Ponga
Nearest railway station Gua 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Manoharpur 17 km
Nearest town Bada Barabīl 20 km
District headquarters Pashchimi Singhbhum 56 km

Villages closest to Diku Ponga

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Manoharpur 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 Diku Ponga

As per the Census of India 2011, Diku Ponga village had a population of 156. That makes it the 94th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 787 residents.

Diku Ponga village has 74 males and 82 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Diku Ponga has about 1108 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 991.

The pincode recorded for Diku Ponga is 833104. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Diku Ponga covers 132.53 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Diku Ponga falls under Manoharpur tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Diku Ponga is Gua, about 14 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 Diku Ponga.

Diku Ponga is about 56 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Diku Ponga is in Manoharpur tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district. Gua is about 14 km away. Manoharpur is about 17 km away. Bada Barabīl is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Marang Ponga (under 2 km), Holonguli (under 2 km) and Usuria (2.1 km).

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

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