# Dodang Village, Ghaghra, Gumla (Jharkhand) – PIN Code

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Village · Ghaghra, Gumla 

# Dodang

Dodang is a village in Ghaghra sub-district of Gumla district, Jharkhand, PIN code **835208**. The 2011 Census counted **667 people in 128 households**, the 63rd largest of 119 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 55.4%.

- 667people (2011)
- 128households
- 60.1%literacy
- 835208PIN code

## Dodang PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Dodang is 835208.** Dodang falls in Ghaghra sub-district, Gumla district, Jharkhand.

- PIN code835208
- Gram panchayatShivrajpur
- Community development blockGhaghra
- Census village code375578

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

## How far is Dodang from nearby towns?

- Ghaghra (sub-district HQ)7 km by road
- Gumla (district HQ)26 km by road
- Gumla (nearest town)26 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 Dodang?

4 services counted by the Census are inside Dodang; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Ghaghra
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Ghaghra
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Ranchi
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tanks / ponds

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 Dodang known for?

The main crops are **rice**. Products made here include furniture. About 85% of the 263 hectares of village land is sown, and 7 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 Dodang

Of every 100 households in Dodang in 2011, 0 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dodang · ■ Ghaghra rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**6%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**2%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**98%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**10%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**99%

Use banking services ****33%**

**52%

Television ****4%**

**3%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**22%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**0%

None of these assets ****2%**

**23%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Dodang?

■ Dodang · ■ Ghaghra rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.1%**

**55.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****917**

**1002

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****731**

**964

Working population ****42.4%**

**51.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.8% for men and 48.9% for women. 40% of men and 45% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 244 (86%) · **■** Other work 9 (3%) · **■** Marginal 30 (11%)

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 Ghaghra

- Kundo683 people
- Kasporeya682 people
- Chumnu681 people
- Mael673 people
- Khatanga663 people
- Beyar662 people
- Itkiri662 people
- Chanchi661 people

[All 119 villages in Ghaghra](https://wherepedia.org/india/jharkhand/gumla/ghaghra/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Dodang?835208
- How far is Dodang from Gumla?26 km by road
- What is the population of Dodang?667 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dodang in?Gumla district (Ghaghra sub-district), Jharkhand
- What is the literacy rate of Dodang?60.1% (Census 2011)