About Duba Village

Duba is one of the larger villages in Jokihat tehsil, in the district of Araria, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 8,029, made up of 4,137 males and 3,892 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 941 females per 1000 males. The village covers 326 hectares hectares.

Duba Overview

Census 2011 figures for Duba village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Araria
Tehsil	Jokihat
Area (hectares)	326 hectares
Population	8,029
Male Population	4,137
Female Population	3,892
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	941
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Duba compares

By the 2011 count Duba is the 8th largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 3,253 residents. Its 326 hectares work out to about 25 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 925.

Getting to Duba

Duba is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Duba as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ 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 Duba from other places

Duba lies about 5.6 km from Araria, and the nearest railway station is Araria Court, about 13 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 Duba
District headquarters	Araria	5.6 km
Nearest town	Arāria	5.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jokihat	6.7 km
Nearest railway station	Araria Court	13 km

Villages closest to Duba

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

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Common questions about Duba

As per the Census of India 2011, Duba village had a population of 8,029. That makes it the 8th largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,253 residents.

Duba village has 4,137 males and 3,892 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Duba has about 941 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 925.

Duba covers 326 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 25 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Duba falls under Jokihat tehsil of Araria district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Duba is Araria Court, about 13 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Duba.

Duba is about 5.6 km from Araria in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Duba is in Jokihat tehsil of Araria district. Araria is about 5.6 km away. Arāria is about 5.6 km away. Jokihat is about 6.7 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.