About Dumarkola Village

Dumarkola is a small village in Chanan tehsil, in the district of Banka, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 363, made up of 187 males and 176 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 941 females per 1000 males. The village covers 168 hectares hectares.

Dumarkola Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dumarkola village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Banka
Tehsil	Chanan
Area (hectares)	168 hectares
Population	363
Male Population	187
Female Population	176
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 Dumarkola compares

By the 2011 count Dumarkola is the 140th largest of the 255 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 588 residents. Its 168 hectares work out to about 2.2 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 932.

Getting to Dumarkola

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

Dumarkola lies about 116 km from Banka, and the nearest railway station is Kusheshwar Asthan, about 6.4 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 Dumarkola
Nearest railway station	Kusheshwar Asthan	6.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chanan	17 km
Nearest town	Bangaon	17 km
District headquarters	Banka	116 km

Villages closest to Dumarkola

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 Dumarkola

As per the Census of India 2011, Dumarkola village had a population of 363. That makes it the 140th largest of the 255 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 588 residents.

Dumarkola village has 187 males and 176 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dumarkola has about 941 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 932.

Dumarkola covers 168 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dumarkola falls under Chanan tehsil of Banka district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Dumarkola is Kusheshwar Asthan, about 6.4 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 Dumarkola.

Dumarkola is about 116 km from Banka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dumarkola is in Chanan tehsil of Banka district. Kusheshwar Asthan is about 6.4 km away. Chanan is about 17 km away. Bangaon is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.