About Didaniya Village

Didaniya is a mid sized village in Pokaran tehsil, in the district of Jaisalmer, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,631, made up of 863 males and 768 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 890 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2800 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 345021, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Didaniya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Didaniya village
Description	Value
State	Rajasthan
District	Jaisalmer
Tehsil	Pokaran
Pincode	345021
Area (hectares)	2800 hectares
Population	1,631
Male Population	863
Female Population	768
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	890
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Didaniya compares

By the 2011 count Didaniya is the 42nd largest of the 291 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 943 residents. Its 2800 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 880.

Getting to Didaniya

Didaniya is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Didaniya as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Didaniya from other places

Didaniya lies about 109 km from Jaisalmer, and the nearest railway station is Ramdevra, about 12 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 Didaniya
Tehsil headquarters	Pokaran	9.1 km
Nearest railway station	Ramdevra	12 km
District headquarters	Jaisalmer	109 km

Villages closest to Didaniya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Didaniya village had a population of 1,631. That makes it the 42nd largest of the 291 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 943 residents.

Didaniya village has 863 males and 768 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Didaniya has about 890 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 880.

The pincode recorded for Didaniya is 345021. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Didaniya covers 2800 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Didaniya falls under Pokaran tehsil of Jaisalmer district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Didaniya is Ramdevra, about 12 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Didaniya.

Didaniya is about 109 km from Jaisalmer in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Didaniya is in Pokaran tehsil of Jaisalmer district. Pokaran is about 9.1 km away. Ramdevra is about 12 km away. Jaisalmer is about 109 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.