About Danta Village

Danta is a mid sized village in Jayal tehsil, in the district of Nagaur, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 536, made up of 259 males and 277 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,069 females per 1000 males. The village covers 304.99 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 341023, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Danta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Danta village
Description	Value
State	Rajasthan
District	Nagaur
Tehsil	Jayal
Pincode	341023
Area (hectares)	304.99 hectares
Population	536
Male Population	259
Female Population	277
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,069
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Danta compares

By the 2011 count Danta is the 122nd largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,941 residents. Its 304.99 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 946.

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 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 57 km from Nagaur, and the nearest railway station is Choti Khatu, about 5.2 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 Danta
Nearest railway station	Choti Khatu	5.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jayal	14 km
Nearest town	Dīdwāna	38 km
District headquarters	Nagaur	57 km

Villages closest to Danta

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Jayal 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 536. That makes it the 122nd largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,941 residents.

Danta village has 259 males and 277 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Danta has about 1069 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 946.

The pincode recorded for Danta is 341023. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Danta covers 304.99 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Danta falls under Jayal tehsil of Nagaur district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Danta is Choti Khatu, about 5.2 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 village for Danta.

Danta is about 57 km from Nagaur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Danta is in Jayal tehsil of Nagaur district. Choti Khatu is about 5.2 km away. Jayal is about 14 km away. Dīdwāna is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.