Dewdanr is a village in the Poraiyahat CD block in the Godda subdivision of the Godda district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.

Dewdanr Deodanr
Village
Dewdanr Location in Jharkhand, India Show map of Jharkhand Dewdanr Dewdanr (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 24.644056°N 87.308311°E / 24.644056; 87.308311
Country	India
State	Jharkhand
District	Godda
Population  (2011)
• Total	12
Languages (*For language details see Poraiyahat (community development block)#Language and religion)
• Official	Hindi, Urdu
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	814147
Telephone/ STD code	06422
Lok Sabha constituency	Godda
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Poreyahat
Website	godda.nic.in

Geography

Location

Dewdanr is located at 24.644056°N 87.308311°E / 24.644056; 87.308311.

Dewdanr has an area of 93 hectares (230 acres).[1]

Overview

The map shows a hilly area with the Rajmahal hills running from the bank of the Ganges in the extreme north to the south, beyond the area covered by the map into Dumka district. ‘Farakka’ is marked on the map and that is where Farakka Barrage is, just inside West Bengal. Rajmahal coalfield is shown in the map. The entire area is overwhelmingly rural with only small pockets of urbanisation.[2]

Note: The full screen map is interesting. All places marked on the map are linked and you can easily move on to another page of your choice. Enlarge the map to see what else is there – one gets railway links, many more road links and so on.

Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of India, Dewdanr had a total population of 12, of which 8 (67%) were males and 4 (33%) were females.[1]

Civic administration

Police station

Deodanr police station serves the Poraiyahat CD block.[3][4]

References