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About Dhanguriya Village

Dhanguriya is a small village in Potka tehsil, in the district of Purbi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 267, made up of 132 males and 135 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,023 females per 1000 males. The village covers 121.72 hectares hectares.

Dhanguriya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dhanguriya village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Purbi Singhbhum
Tehsil Potka
Area (hectares) 121.72 hectares
Population 267
Male Population 132
Female Population 135
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,023
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 Dhanguriya compares

By the 2011 count Dhanguriya is the 193rd largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 675 residents. Its 121.72 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1003.

Getting to Dhanguriya

Dhanguriya is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Dhanguriya 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. The nearest villages by name are Danisai Alias Bara Pahari, Dariyasai, Darusai and Datbera. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Dhanguriya

As per the Census of India 2011, Dhanguriya village had a population of 267. That makes it the 193rd largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 675 residents.

Dhanguriya village has 132 males and 135 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dhanguriya has about 1023 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1003.

Dhanguriya covers 121.72 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dhanguriya falls under Potka tehsil of Purbi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The census record for Dhanguriya notes the nearest railway station 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 Dhanguriya.

Dhanguriya is in Potka tehsil of Purbi Singhbhum district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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