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About Dangatuk Pahar Village

Dangatuk Pahar is a small village in Taljhari tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 130, made up of 58 males and 72 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,241 females per 1000 males. The village covers 120 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816116, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dangatuk Pahar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dangatuk Pahar village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Sahibganj
Tehsil Taljhari
Pincode 816116
Area (hectares) 120 hectares
Population 130
Male Population 58
Female Population 72
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,241
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 Dangatuk Pahar compares

By the 2011 count Dangatuk Pahar is the 111th largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 383 residents. Its 120 hectares work out to about 1.1 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 992.

Getting to Dangatuk Pahar

Dangatuk Pahar is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Dangatuk Pahar 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 Dangatuk Pahar from other places

Dangatuk Pahar lies about 12 km from Sahibganj, and the nearest railway station is Karanpurato, about 3.5 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 Dangatuk Pahar
Nearest railway station Karanpurato 3.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Taljhari 9.7 km
District headquarters Sahibganj 12 km
Nearest town Sāhibganj 12 km

Villages closest to Dangatuk Pahar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Taljhari 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 Dangatuk Pahar

As per the Census of India 2011, Dangatuk Pahar village had a population of 130. That makes it the 111th largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 383 residents.

Dangatuk Pahar village has 58 males and 72 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dangatuk Pahar has about 1241 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 992.

The pincode recorded for Dangatuk Pahar is 816116. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dangatuk Pahar covers 120 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Dangatuk Pahar falls under Taljhari tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Dangatuk Pahar is Karanpurato, about 3.5 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 Dangatuk Pahar.

Dangatuk Pahar is about 12 km from Sahibganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dangatuk Pahar is in Taljhari tehsil of Sahibganj district. Karanpurato is about 3.5 km away. Taljhari is about 9.7 km away. Sahibganj is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Danga (under 2 km), Behra (under 2 km) and Chamdi Bedo (under 2 km).

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

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