About Dawana Village

Dawana is a small village in Taljhari tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 110, made up of 54 males and 56 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,037 females per 1000 males. The village covers 71.93 hectares hectares.

Dawana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dawana village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Sahibganj
Tehsil	Taljhari
Area (hectares)	71.93 hectares
Population	110
Male Population	54
Female Population	56
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,037
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 Dawana compares

By the 2011 count Dawana is the 125th largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 383 residents. Its 71.93 hectares work out to about 1.5 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 Dawana

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

Dawana lies about 35 km from Sahibganj, and the nearest railway station is Dhamdhamia, about 12 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 Dawana
Nearest railway station	Dhamdhamia	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Taljhari	19 km
Nearest town	Rājmahal	23 km
District headquarters	Sahibganj	35 km

Villages closest to Dawana

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.

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Common questions about Dawana

As per the Census of India 2011, Dawana village had a population of 110. That makes it the 125th largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 383 residents.

Dawana village has 54 males and 56 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dawana has about 1037 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 992.

Dawana covers 71.93 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Dawana falls under Taljhari tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Dawana is Dhamdhamia, about 12 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 Dawana.

Dawana is about 35 km from Sahibganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dawana is in Taljhari tehsil of Sahibganj district. Dhamdhamia is about 12 km away. Taljhari is about 19 km away. Rājmahal is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.