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About Datam Village

Datam is a mid sized village in Kukru tehsil, in the district of Saraikela Kharsawan, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 913, made up of 486 males and 427 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 879 females per 1000 males. The village covers 275 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 832403, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Datam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Datam village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Saraikela Kharsawan
Tehsil Kukru
Pincode 832403
Area (hectares) 275 hectares
Population 913
Male Population 486
Female Population 427
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 879
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Datam compares

By the 2011 count Datam is the 21st largest of the 45 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,177 residents. Its 275 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 953.

Getting to Datam

The census records public bus service for Datam as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Datam from other places

Datam lies about 32 km from Saraikela Kharsawan, and the nearest railway station is Bakarkudi, about 2.7 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 Datam
Tehsil headquarters Kukru 2.1 km
Nearest railway station Bakarkudi 2.7 km
Nearest town Balarāmpur 27 km
District headquarters Saraikela Kharsawan 32 km

Villages closest to Datam

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Datam village had a population of 913. That makes it the 21st largest of the 45 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,177 residents.

Datam village has 486 males and 427 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Datam has about 879 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 953.

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

Datam covers 275 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Datam falls under Kukru tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Datam is Bakarkudi, about 2.7 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 km distance for Datam.

Datam is about 32 km from Saraikela Kharsawan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Datam is in Kukru tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district. Kukru is about 2.1 km away. Bakarkudi is about 2.7 km away. Balarāmpur is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Shishi (under 2 km), Dere (under 2 km) and Heremuli (1.6 km).

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

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