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About Danda Jungle Village

Danda Jungle is a small village in Vikasnagar tehsil, in the district of Dehradun, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 209, made up of 112 males and 97 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 866 females per 1000 males. The village covers 370.38 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 248198, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Danda Jungle Overview

Census 2011 figures for Danda Jungle village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Dehradun
Tehsil Vikasnagar
Pincode 248198
Area (hectares) 370.38 hectares
Population 209
Male Population 112
Female Population 97
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 866
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Danda Jungle compares

By the 2011 count Danda Jungle is the 115th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,949 residents. Its 370.38 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, well below the tehsil average of 908.

Getting to Danda Jungle

Danda Jungle is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Danda Jungle 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Danda Jungle from other places

Danda Jungle lies about 26 km from Dehradun. 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 Danda Jungle
Tehsil headquarters Vikasnagar 5.7 km
Nearest town Pāonta Sāhib 20 km
District headquarters Dehradun 26 km

Villages closest to Danda Jungle

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Vikasnagar 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 Danda Jungle

As per the Census of India 2011, Danda Jungle village had a population of 209. That makes it the 115th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,949 residents.

Danda Jungle village has 112 males and 97 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Danda Jungle has about 866 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 908.

The pincode recorded for Danda Jungle is 248198. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Danda Jungle covers 370.38 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.

Danda Jungle falls under Vikasnagar tehsil of Dehradun district in Uttarakhand.

The census record for Danda Jungle notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

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

Danda Jungle is about 26 km from Dehradun in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Danda Jungle is in Vikasnagar tehsil of Dehradun district. Vikasnagar is about 5.7 km away. Pāonta Sāhib is about 20 km away. Dehradun is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mehunwala Khalsa (2.1 km), Bulaki Wala (2.7 km) and Ambari (2.8 km).

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

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