About Dalgam Village

Dalgam is a mid sized village in Ichagarh tehsil, in the district of Saraikela Kharsawan, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 504, made up of 252 males and 252 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 128 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 832403, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dalgam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dalgam village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Saraikela Kharsawan
Tehsil	Ichagarh
Pincode	832403
Area (hectares)	128 hectares
Population	504
Male Population	252
Female Population	252
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dalgam compares

By the 2011 count Dalgam is the 67th largest of the 105 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 774 residents. Its 128 hectares work out to about 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 983.

Getting to Dalgam

Dalgam is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Dalgam as Available within 5 - 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Dalgam from other places

Dalgam lies about 20 km from Saraikela Kharsawan, and the nearest railway station is Bakarkudi, about 8.5 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 Dalgam
Tehsil headquarters	Ichagarh	3.5 km
Nearest railway station	Bakarkudi	8.5 km
District headquarters	Saraikela Kharsawan	20 km
Nearest town	Balarāmpur	28 km

Villages closest to Dalgam

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dalgam village had a population of 504. That makes it the 67th largest of the 105 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 774 residents.

Dalgam village has 252 males and 252 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dalgam has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 983.

The pincode recorded for Dalgam is 832403. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dalgam covers 128 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dalgam falls under Ichagarh tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Dalgam is Bakarkudi, about 8.5 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Dalgam.

Dalgam is about 20 km from Saraikela Kharsawan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dalgam is in Ichagarh tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district. Ichagarh is about 3.5 km away. Bakarkudi is about 8.5 km away. Saraikela Kharsawan is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.