# Dantar Village, Shaligram Ram Narayanpur, Chatra (Jharkhand)

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Village · Shaligram Ram Narayanpur, Chatra 

# Dantar

Dantar is a village in Shaligram Ram Narayanpur sub-district of Chatra district, Jharkhand, PIN code **825403**. The 2011 Census counted **2,270 people in 401 households**, the 15th largest of 250 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 54.8%.

- 2,270people (2011)
- 401households
- 62.9%literacy
- 825403PIN code

## Dantar PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Dantar is 825403.** Dantar falls in Shaligram Ram Narayanpur sub-district, Chatra district, Jharkhand.

- PIN code825403
- Gram panchayatDantar
- Community development blockShaligram Ram Narayanpur
- Census village code348272

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Dantar from nearby towns?

- Hantarganj (sub-district HQ)15 km by road
- Chatra (district HQ)28 km by road
- Chatra (nearest town)28 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Dantar?

18 services counted by the Census are inside Dantar; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Commercial bankIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Jori
- ○Degree college10+ km · Hantarganj
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Hazaribagh
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watercovered wells, hand pumps and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)2 h summer · 3 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Dantar known for?

The main crops are **rice**. About 12% of the 57 hectares of village land is sown, and 3 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Dantar

Of every 100 households in Dantar in 2011, 16 had electricity, 24 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 52 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Dantar · ■ Shaligram Ram Narayanpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****16%**

**4%

Toilet within the home ****24%**

**10%

No toilet (open defecation) ****76%**

**88%

Tap water ****1%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****48%**

**20%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**98%

Use banking services ****47%**

**44%

Television ****8%**

**5%

Mobile phone ****52%**

**39%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****40%**

**36%

Own their home ****99%**

**99%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Dantar?

■ Dantar · ■ Shaligram Ram Narayanpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.9%**

**54.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****932**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1005**

**965

Working population ****30.8%**

**35.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.3% for men and 52.5% for women. 46% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 61 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 212 (30%) · **■** Household industry 9 (1%) · **■** Other work 208 (30%) · **■** Marginal 209 (30%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Shaligram Ram Narayanpur

- Nawadih2,809 people
- Jabra2,624 people
- Khutikewal Khurd2,372 people
- Bihiya Sarhachia2,324 people
- Pandepur Khurd2,222 people
- Daha2,164 people
- Salaiya2,147 people
- Ghanghri2,138 people

[All 270 villages in Shaligram Ram Narayanpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/jharkhand/chatra/shaligram-ram-narayanpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Dantar?825403
- How far is Dantar from Chatra?28 km by road
- What is the population of Dantar?2,270 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dantar in?Chatra district (Shaligram Ram Narayanpur sub-district), Jharkhand
- What is the literacy rate of Dantar?62.9% (Census 2011)
