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About Danga Village

Danga is a small village in Taljhari tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 103, made up of 46 males and 57 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,239 females per 1000 males. The village covers 118.94 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816115, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Danga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Danga village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Sahibganj
Tehsil Taljhari
Pincode 816115
Area (hectares) 118.94 hectares
Population 103
Male Population 46
Female Population 57
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,239
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Danga compares

By the 2011 count Danga is the 128th largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 383 residents. Its 118.94 hectares work out to about 0.9 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 Danga

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

How far is Danga from other places

Danga 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 Danga
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 Danga

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 Danga

As per the Census of India 2011, Danga village had a population of 103. That makes it the 128th largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 383 residents.

Danga village has 46 males and 57 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Danga has about 1239 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 992.

The pincode recorded for Danga is 816115. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Danga covers 118.94 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.

Danga falls under Taljhari tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Danga is Karanpurato, about 3.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 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 Danga.

Danga 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.

Danga 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 Dangatuk Pahar (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 Danga today is likely to be higher.

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