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About Dorapara Village

Dorapara is a mid sized village in Balijana tehsil, in the district of Goalpara, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,941, made up of 1,004 males and 937 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 933 females per 1000 males. The village covers 357.2 hectares hectares.

Dorapara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dorapara village
Description Value
State Assam
District Goalpara
Tehsil Balijana
Area (hectares) 357.2 hectares
Population 1,941
Male Population 1,004
Female Population 937
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 933
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Dorapara compares

By the 2011 count Dorapara is the 22nd largest of the 214 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 950 residents. Its 357.2 hectares work out to about 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 970.

Getting to Dorapara

Dorapara is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Dorapara as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Debattar Bapupara Pt I, Debattar Bapupara Pt Ii, Deo Dhuturi and Dewlijara. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Dorapara

As per the Census of India 2011, Dorapara village had a population of 1,941. That makes it the 22nd largest of the 214 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 950 residents.

Dorapara village has 1,004 males and 937 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dorapara has about 933 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 970.

Dorapara covers 357.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dorapara falls under Balijana tehsil of Goalpara district in Assam.

The census record for Dorapara notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Dorapara.

Dorapara is in Balijana tehsil of Goalpara district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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