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About Duni Village

Duni is a large village in Mandu tehsil, in the district of Ramgarh, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,251, made up of 1,164 males and 1,087 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 934 females per 1000 males. The village covers 417.67 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 826325, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Duni Overview

Census 2011 figures for Duni village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Ramgarh
Tehsil Mandu
Pincode 826325
Area (hectares) 417.67 hectares
Population 2,251
Male Population 1,164
Female Population 1,087
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 934
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Duni compares

By the 2011 count Duni is the 19th largest of the 69 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,925 residents. Its 417.67 hectares work out to about 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 972.

Getting to Duni

Duni is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Duni as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Duni from other places

Duni lies about 16 km from Ramgarh, and the nearest railway station is Chainpur, about 5.7 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 Duni
Nearest railway station Chainpur 5.7 km
Nearest town Kuju 6.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Mandu 8.4 km
District headquarters Ramgarh 16 km

Villages closest to Duni

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Duni village had a population of 2,251. That makes it the 19th largest of the 69 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,925 residents.

Duni village has 1,164 males and 1,087 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Duni has about 934 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 972.

The pincode recorded for Duni is 826325. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Duni covers 417.67 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Duni falls under Mandu tehsil of Ramgarh district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Duni is Chainpur, about 5.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Duni.

Duni is about 16 km from Ramgarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Duni is in Mandu tehsil of Ramgarh district. Chainpur is about 5.7 km away. Kuju is about 6.2 km away. Mandu is about 8.4 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ara (under 2 km), Sarabera (under 2 km) and Bongahara (1.7 km).

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

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