About Daua Village

Daua is a small village in Palasi tehsil, in the district of Araria, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 467, made up of 244 males and 223 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 914 females per 1000 males. The village covers 133 hectares hectares.

Daua Overview

Census 2011 figures for Daua village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Araria
Tehsil	Palasi
Area (hectares)	133 hectares
Population	467
Male Population	244
Female Population	223
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	914
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 Daua compares

By the 2011 count Daua is the 91st largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,377 residents. Its 133 hectares work out to about 3.5 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 933.

Getting to Daua

Daua is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Daua 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 Daua from other places

Daua lies about 17 km from Araria, and the nearest railway station is Araria Court, about 25 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 Daua
Tehsil headquarters	Palasi	9.6 km
Nearest town	Bahādurganj	17 km
District headquarters	Araria	17 km
Nearest railway station	Araria Court	25 km

Villages closest to Daua

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Daua village had a population of 467. That makes it the 91st largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,377 residents.

Daua village has 244 males and 223 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Daua has about 914 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 933.

Daua covers 133 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Daua falls under Palasi tehsil of Araria district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Daua is Araria Court, about 25 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 Daua.

Daua is about 17 km from Araria in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Daua is in Palasi tehsil of Araria district. Palasi is about 9.6 km away. Bahādurganj is about 17 km away. Araria is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.