About Dewgain Village

Dewgain is a mid sized village in Namkum tehsil, in the district of Ranchi, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 956, made up of 472 males and 484 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,025 females per 1000 males. The village covers 418 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835221, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dewgain Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dewgain village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Ranchi
Tehsil	Namkum
Pincode	835221
Area (hectares)	418 hectares
Population	956
Male Population	472
Female Population	484
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,025
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 Dewgain compares

By the 2011 count Dewgain is the 44th largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,211 residents. Its 418 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1002.

Getting to Dewgain

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

Dewgain lies about 15 km from Ranchi, and the nearest railway station is Balasiring, about 10 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 Dewgain
Nearest railway station	Balasiring	10 km
Tehsil headquarters	Namkum	14 km
District headquarters	Ranchi	15 km

Villages closest to Dewgain

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dewgain village had a population of 956. That makes it the 44th largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,211 residents.

Dewgain village has 472 males and 484 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dewgain has about 1025 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1002.

The pincode recorded for Dewgain is 835221. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dewgain covers 418 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dewgain falls under Namkum tehsil of Ranchi district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Dewgain is Balasiring, about 10 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 Dewgain.

Dewgain is about 15 km from Ranchi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dewgain is in Namkum tehsil of Ranchi district. Balasiring is about 10 km away. Namkum is about 14 km away. Ranchi is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.