About Dhorkin Village

Dhorkin is a large village in Paithan tehsil, in the district of Aurangabad, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,691, made up of 2,436 males and 2,255 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 926 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2003 hectares hectares.

Dhorkin Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dhorkin village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Aurangabad
Tehsil	Paithan
Area (hectares)	2003 hectares
Population	4,691
Male Population	2,436
Female Population	2,255
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	926
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dhorkin compares

By the 2011 count Dhorkin is the 11th largest of the 183 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,601 residents. Its 2003 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 937.

Getting to Dhorkin

Dhorkin is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Dhorkin as Available within village. 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 Dhorkin from other places

Dhorkin lies about 18 km from Aurangabad, and the nearest railway station is Barkisalaiya, about 11 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 Dhorkin
Nearest railway station	Barkisalaiya	11 km
Nearest town	Nabīnagar	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Paithan	18 km
District headquarters	Aurangabad	18 km

Villages closest to Dhorkin

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dhorkin village had a population of 4,691. That makes it the 11th largest of the 183 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,601 residents.

Dhorkin village has 2,436 males and 2,255 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dhorkin has about 926 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 937.

Dhorkin covers 2003 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dhorkin falls under Paithan tehsil of Aurangabad district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Dhorkin is Barkisalaiya, about 11 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Dhorkin.

Dhorkin is about 18 km from Aurangabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dhorkin is in Paithan tehsil of Aurangabad district. Barkisalaiya is about 11 km away. Nabīnagar is about 12 km away. Paithan is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.