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About Dantiya Village

Dantiya is a large village in Kathumar tehsil, in the district of Alwar, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,100, made up of 1,650 males and 1,450 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 879 females per 1000 males. The village covers 540 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 321606, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dantiya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dantiya village
Description Value
State Rajasthan
District Alwar
Tehsil Kathumar
Pincode 321606
Area (hectares) 540 hectares
Population 3,100
Male Population 1,650
Female Population 1,450
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 879
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Dantiya compares

By the 2011 count Dantiya is the 14th largest of the 152 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,497 residents. Its 540 hectares work out to about 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 879.

Getting to Dantiya

Dantiya 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 Dantiya as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Dantiya from other places

Dantiya lies about 53 km from Alwar, and the nearest railway station is Dantia, about under 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 Dantiya
Nearest railway station Dantia under 2 km
Nearest town Mahwa 16 km
Tehsil headquarters Kathumar 18 km
District headquarters Alwar 53 km

Villages closest to Dantiya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dantiya village had a population of 3,100. That makes it the 14th largest of the 152 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,497 residents.

Dantiya village has 1,650 males and 1,450 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dantiya has about 879 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 879.

The pincode recorded for Dantiya is 321606. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dantiya covers 540 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dantiya falls under Kathumar tehsil of Alwar district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Dantiya is Dantia, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Dantiya.

Dantiya is about 53 km from Alwar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dantiya is in Kathumar tehsil of Alwar district. Dantia is about under 2 km away. Mahwa is about 16 km away. Kathumar 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 Dahari Dantwar (2.4 km), Rampura Patan (3.0 km) and Ghosrana (3.2 km).

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

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