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About Danta Village

Danta is a mid sized village in Pirawa tehsil, in the district of Jhalawar, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,243, made up of 629 males and 614 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 976 females per 1000 males. The village covers 824.7 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 326034, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Danta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Danta village
Description Value
State Rajasthan
District Jhalawar
Tehsil Pirawa
Pincode 326034
Area (hectares) 824.7 hectares
Population 1,243
Male Population 629
Female Population 614
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 976
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Danta compares

By the 2011 count Danta is the 45th largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 988 residents. Its 824.7 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 950.

Getting to Danta

Danta is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Danta as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 58 km from Jhalawar, and the nearest railway station is Suwasra, about 36 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
Tehsil headquarters Pirawa 6.7 km
Nearest railway station Suwasra 36 km
Nearest town Jirapur 38 km
District headquarters Jhalawar 58 km

Villages closest to Danta

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Danta village had a population of 1,243. That makes it the 45th largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 988 residents.

Danta village has 629 males and 614 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Danta has about 976 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 950.

The pincode recorded for Danta is 326034. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Danta covers 824.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Danta falls under Pirawa tehsil of Jhalawar district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Danta is Suwasra, about 36 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Danta.

Danta is about 58 km from Jhalawar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Danta is in Pirawa tehsil of Jhalawar district. Pirawa is about 6.7 km away. Suwasra is about 36 km away. Jirapur is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Peepaliya (under 2 km), Barkheri Jadeed (2.2 km) and Borkheri Khurd (2.2 km).

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

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