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About Dunde Village

Dunde is a small village in Ormanjhi tehsil, in the district of Ranchi, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 375, made up of 197 males and 178 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 904 females per 1000 males. The village covers 92.29 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835219, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dunde Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dunde village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Ranchi
Tehsil Ormanjhi
Pincode 835219
Area (hectares) 92.29 hectares
Population 375
Male Population 197
Female Population 178
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 904
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Dunde compares

By the 2011 count Dunde is the 70th largest of the 86 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,033 residents. Its 92.29 hectares work out to about 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 960.

Getting to Dunde

Dunde is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Dunde as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Dunde from other places

Dunde lies about 29 km from Ranchi, and the nearest railway station is Sidhwar, about 6.5 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 Dunde
Tehsil headquarters Ormanjhi 5.5 km
Nearest railway station Sidhwar 6.5 km
Nearest town Rāmgarh 11 km
District headquarters Ranchi 29 km

Villages closest to Dunde

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dunde village had a population of 375. That makes it the 70th largest of the 86 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,033 residents.

Dunde village has 197 males and 178 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dunde has about 904 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 960.

The pincode recorded for Dunde is 835219. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dunde covers 92.29 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dunde falls under Ormanjhi tehsil of Ranchi district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Dunde is Sidhwar, about 6.5 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Dunde.

Dunde is about 29 km from Ranchi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dunde is in Ormanjhi tehsil of Ranchi district. Ormanjhi is about 5.5 km away. Sidhwar is about 6.5 km away. Rāmgarh is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Pundag (under 2 km), Manatu (under 2 km) and Piska (under 2 km).

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

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