About Dhoawa Village

Dhoawa is a large village in Sonhaula tehsil, in the district of Bhagalpur, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,787, made up of 2,008 males and 1,779 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 886 females per 1000 males. The village covers 229 hectares hectares.

Dhoawa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dhoawa village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Bhagalpur
Tehsil	Sonhaula
Area (hectares)	229 hectares
Population	3,787
Male Population	2,008
Female Population	1,779
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	886
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Dhoawa compares

By the 2011 count Dhoawa is the 10th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,428 residents. Its 229 hectares work out to about 17 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 907.

Getting to Dhoawa

Dhoawa is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Dhoawa as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Dhoawa from other places

Dhoawa lies about 30 km from Bhagalpur, and the nearest railway station is Ekchari, about 12 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 Dhoawa
Nearest railway station	Ekchari	12 km
Nearest town	Colgong	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sonhaula	30 km
District headquarters	Bhagalpur	30 km

Villages closest to Dhoawa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dhoawa village had a population of 3,787. That makes it the 10th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,428 residents.

Dhoawa village has 2,008 males and 1,779 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dhoawa has about 886 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 907.

Dhoawa covers 229 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 17 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Dhoawa falls under Sonhaula tehsil of Bhagalpur district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Dhoawa is Ekchari, about 12 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Dhoawa.

Dhoawa is about 30 km from Bhagalpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dhoawa is in Sonhaula tehsil of Bhagalpur district. Ekchari is about 12 km away. Colgong is about 15 km away. Sonhaula is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.