About Dumaria Village

Dumaria is a small village in Chanan tehsil, in the district of Banka, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 335, made up of 187 males and 148 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 791 females per 1000 males. The village covers 56 hectares hectares.

Dumaria Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dumaria village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Banka
Tehsil	Chanan
Area (hectares)	56 hectares
Population	335
Male Population	187
Female Population	148
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	791
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 Dumaria compares

By the 2011 count Dumaria is the 146th largest of the 255 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 588 residents. Its 56 hectares work out to about 6.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 932.

Getting to Dumaria

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

Dumaria lies about 87 km from Banka, and the nearest railway station is Sanha Halt, about 5.0 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 Dumaria
Nearest railway station	Sanha Halt	5.0 km
Nearest town	Ballia	6.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chanan	32 km
District headquarters	Banka	87 km

Villages closest to Dumaria

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dumaria village had a population of 335. That makes it the 146th largest of the 255 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 588 residents.

Dumaria village has 187 males and 148 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dumaria has about 791 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 932.

Dumaria covers 56 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dumaria falls under Chanan tehsil of Banka district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Dumaria is Sanha Halt, about 5.0 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 Dumaria.

Dumaria is about 87 km from Banka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dumaria is in Chanan tehsil of Banka district. Sanha Halt is about 5.0 km away. Ballia is about 6.2 km away. Chanan is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.