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About Demchake Village

Demchake is a small village in Borio tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 28, made up of 16 males and 12 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 750 females per 1000 males. The village covers 30.92 hectares hectares.

Demchake Overview

Census 2011 figures for Demchake village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Sahibganj
Tehsil Borio
Area (hectares) 30.92 hectares
Population 28
Male Population 16
Female Population 12
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 750
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 Demchake compares

By the 2011 count Demchake is the 238th largest of the 255 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 341 residents. Its 30.92 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1022.

Getting to Demchake

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

Demchake lies about 22 km from Sahibganj, and the nearest railway station is Kalian Chak, 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 Demchake
Tehsil headquarters Borio 2.9 km
Nearest railway station Kalian Chak 17 km
District headquarters Sahibganj 22 km
Nearest town Sāhibganj 22 km

Villages closest to Demchake

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Demchake village had a population of 28. That makes it the 238th largest of the 255 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 341 residents.

Demchake village has 16 males and 12 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Demchake has about 750 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1022.

Demchake covers 30.92 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Demchake falls under Borio tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Demchake is Kalian Chak, 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Demchake.

Demchake is about 22 km from Sahibganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Demchake is in Borio tehsil of Sahibganj district. Borio is about 2.9 km away. Kalian Chak is about 17 km away. Sahibganj is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Danowara (under 2 km), Danware (under 2 km) and Pandriya (under 2 km).

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

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