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About Danipur Village

Danipur is a mid sized village in Samana tehsil, in the district of Patiala, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,642, made up of 883 males and 759 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 860 females per 1000 males. The village covers 500 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 147202, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Danipur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Danipur village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Patiala
Tehsil Samana
Pincode 147202
Area (hectares) 500 hectares
Population 1,642
Male Population 883
Female Population 759
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 860
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Danipur compares

By the 2011 count Danipur is the 26th largest of the 73 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,642 residents. Its 500 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, a little below the tehsil average of 889.

Getting to Danipur

Danipur is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Danipur as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Danipur from other places

Danipur lies about 23 km from Patiala, and the nearest railway station is Kalhemajra, about 15 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 Danipur
Tehsil headquarters Samana 5.6 km
Nearest town Samāna 5.6 km
Nearest railway station Kalhemajra 15 km
District headquarters Patiala 23 km

Villages closest to Danipur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Danipur village had a population of 1,642. That makes it the 26th largest of the 73 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,642 residents.

Danipur village has 883 males and 759 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Danipur has about 860 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 889.

The pincode recorded for Danipur is 147202. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Danipur covers 500 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Danipur falls under Samana tehsil of Patiala district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Danipur is Kalhemajra, about 15 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Danipur.

Danipur is about 23 km from Patiala in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Danipur is in Samana tehsil of Patiala district. Samana is about 5.6 km away. Samāna is about 5.6 km away. Kalhemajra is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khanpur Gahrian (under 2 km), Miyal (under 2 km) and Tarkhan Majra (2.8 km).

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

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