About Deodar Village

Deodar is a mid sized village in Dhuraiya tehsil, in the district of Banka, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,585, made up of 852 males and 733 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 860 females per 1000 males. The village covers 138 hectares hectares.

Deodar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Deodar village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Banka
Tehsil	Dhuraiya
Area (hectares)	138 hectares
Population	1,585
Male Population	852
Female Population	733
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	860
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Deodar compares

By the 2011 count Deodar is the 49th largest of the 168 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,322 residents. Its 138 hectares work out to about 11 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 912.

Getting to Deodar

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

How far is Deodar from other places

Deodar lies about 29 km from Banka, and the nearest railway station is Bela, about 14 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 Deodar
Nearest railway station	Bela	14 km
Nearest town	Purāini	18 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dhuraiya	29 km
District headquarters	Banka	29 km

Villages closest to Deodar

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 Deodar

As per the Census of India 2011, Deodar village had a population of 1,585. That makes it the 49th largest of the 168 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,322 residents.

Deodar village has 852 males and 733 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Deodar has about 860 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 912.

Deodar covers 138 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 11 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Deodar falls under Dhuraiya tehsil of Banka district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Deodar is Bela, about 14 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Deodar.

Deodar is about 29 km from Banka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Deodar is in Dhuraiya tehsil of Banka district. Bela is about 14 km away. Purāini is about 18 km away. Dhuraiya is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.