About Datin Village

Datin is a small village in Dhuraiya tehsil, in the district of Banka, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 399, made up of 219 males and 180 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 822 females per 1000 males. The village covers 100 hectares hectares.

Datin Overview

Census 2011 figures for Datin village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Banka
Tehsil	Dhuraiya
Area (hectares)	100 hectares
Population	399
Male Population	219
Female Population	180
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	822
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Datin compares

By the 2011 count Datin is the 121st largest of the 168 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,322 residents. Its 100 hectares work out to about 4.0 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 912.

Getting to Datin

Datin is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Datin as Available within 5 - 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Datin from other places

Datin lies about 14 km from Banka, and the nearest railway station is Punsia, about 4.0 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 Datin
Nearest railway station	Punsia	4.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dhuraiya	14 km
District headquarters	Banka	14 km
Nearest town	Bānka	14 km

Villages closest to Datin

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Datin village had a population of 399. That makes it the 121st largest of the 168 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,322 residents.

Datin village has 219 males and 180 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Datin has about 822 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 912.

Datin covers 100 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Datin falls under Dhuraiya tehsil of Banka district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Datin is Punsia, about 4.0 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Datin.

Datin is about 14 km from Banka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Datin is in Dhuraiya tehsil of Banka district. Punsia is about 4.0 km away. Dhuraiya is about 14 km away. Banka is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.