About Danta Village

Danta is a small village in Barmer tehsil, in the district of Barmer, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 256, made up of 141 males and 115 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 816 females per 1000 males. The village covers 530.12 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 344001, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Danta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Danta village
Description	Value
State	Rajasthan
District	Barmer
Tehsil	Barmer
Pincode	344001
Area (hectares)	530.12 hectares
Population	256
Male Population	141
Female Population	115
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	816
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Danta compares

By the 2011 count Danta is the 279th largest of the 294 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 916 residents. Its 530.12 hectares work out to about 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 888.

Getting to Danta

Danta is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Danta as Available within village. 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 Danta from other places

Danta lies about 12 km from Barmer, and the nearest railway station is Jasai, about 5.8 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 Danta
Nearest railway station	Jasai	5.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Barmer	12 km
Nearest town	Bārmer	12 km

Villages closest to Danta

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Danta village had a population of 256. That makes it the 279th largest of the 294 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 916 residents.

Danta village has 141 males and 115 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Danta has about 816 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 888.

The pincode recorded for Danta is 344001. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Danta covers 530.12 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Danta falls under Barmer tehsil of Barmer district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Danta is Jasai, about 5.8 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Danta.

Danta is about 12 km from Barmer in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Danta is in Barmer tehsil of Barmer district. Jasai is about 5.8 km away. Barmer is about 12 km away. Bārmer is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.