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About Deoanganja Village

Deoanganja is a small village in Rajnagar tehsil, in the district of Birbhum, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 10, made up of 7 males and 3 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 429 females per 1000 males. The village covers 178.16 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 731130, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Deoanganja Overview

Census 2011 figures for Deoanganja village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Birbhum
Tehsil Rajnagar
Pincode 731130
Area (hectares) 178.16 hectares
Population 10
Male Population 7
Female Population 3
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 429
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Deoanganja compares

By the 2011 count Deoanganja is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 735 residents. Its 178.16 hectares work out to about 0.1 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 982.

Getting to Deoanganja

Deoanganja is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Deoanganja as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Deoanganja from other places

Deoanganja lies about 26 km from Birbhum, and the nearest railway station is Gadadharpur, 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 Deoanganja
Nearest railway station Gadadharpur 12 km
Nearest town Sainthia 16 km
District headquarters Birbhum 26 km
Tehsil headquarters Rajnagar 30 km

Villages closest to Deoanganja

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Deoanganja village had a population of 10. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 735 residents.

Deoanganja village has 7 males and 3 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Deoanganja has about 429 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 982.

The pincode recorded for Deoanganja is 731130. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Deoanganja covers 178.16 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Deoanganja falls under Rajnagar tehsil of Birbhum district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Deoanganja is Gadadharpur, 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Deoanganja.

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

Deoanganja is in Rajnagar tehsil of Birbhum district. Gadadharpur is about 12 km away. Sainthia is about 16 km away. Birbhum 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 Aligar (3.2 km), Azimnagar (3.2 km) and Tentulia Bandh (4.6 km).

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

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