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About Davgoda Village

Davgoda is a small village in Taljhari tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 385, made up of 191 males and 194 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,016 females per 1000 males. The village covers 221.9 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816129, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Davgoda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Davgoda village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Sahibganj
Tehsil Taljhari
Pincode 816129
Area (hectares) 221.9 hectares
Population 385
Male Population 191
Female Population 194
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,016
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 Davgoda compares

By the 2011 count Davgoda is the 58th largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 383 residents. Its 221.9 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 992.

Getting to Davgoda

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

Davgoda lies about 30 km from Sahibganj, and the nearest railway station is Tinpahar Junction, about 7.2 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 Davgoda
Nearest railway station Tinpahar Junction 7.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Taljhari 14 km
Nearest town Rājmahal 18 km
District headquarters Sahibganj 30 km

Villages closest to Davgoda

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 Davgoda

As per the Census of India 2011, Davgoda village had a population of 385. That makes it the 58th largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 383 residents.

Davgoda village has 191 males and 194 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Davgoda has about 1016 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 992.

The pincode recorded for Davgoda is 816129. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Davgoda covers 221.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Davgoda falls under Taljhari tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Davgoda is Tinpahar Junction, about 7.2 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 Davgoda.

Davgoda is about 30 km from Sahibganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Davgoda is in Taljhari tehsil of Sahibganj district. Tinpahar Junction is about 7.2 km away. Taljhari is about 14 km away. Rājmahal is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Telotok (under 2 km), Kochlo (1.8 km) and Banapara (2.0 km).

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

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