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About Danekera Village

Danekera is a mid sized village in Lapung tehsil, in the district of Ranchi, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,764, made up of 849 males and 915 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,078 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1290 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835203, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Danekera Overview

Census 2011 figures for Danekera village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Ranchi
Tehsil Lapung
Pincode 835203
Area (hectares) 1290 hectares
Population 1,764
Male Population 849
Female Population 915
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,078
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Danekera compares

By the 2011 count Danekera is the 6th largest of the 78 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 808 residents. Its 1290 hectares work out to about 1.4 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 1016.

Getting to Danekera

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

How far is Danekera from other places

Danekera lies about 47 km from Ranchi, and the nearest railway station is Govindpur Road, about 17 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 Danekera
Tehsil headquarters Lapung 6.8 km
Nearest railway station Govindpur Road 17 km
Nearest town Gumlā 38 km
District headquarters Ranchi 47 km

Villages closest to Danekera

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Danekera village had a population of 1,764. That makes it the 6th largest of the 78 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 808 residents.

Danekera village has 849 males and 915 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Danekera has about 1078 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1016.

The pincode recorded for Danekera is 835203. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Danekera covers 1290 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.

Danekera falls under Lapung tehsil of Ranchi district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Danekera is Govindpur Road, about 17 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Danekera.

Danekera is about 47 km from Ranchi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Danekera is in Lapung tehsil of Ranchi district. Lapung is about 6.8 km away. Govindpur Road is about 17 km away. Gumlā is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Katingkela (2.2 km), Koinara (2.4 km) and Sukurhutu (3.5 km).

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

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