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About Doghra Village

Doghra is a large village in Behea tehsil, in the district of Bhojpur, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,108, made up of 2,154 males and 1,954 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 907 females per 1000 males. The village covers 253 hectares hectares.

Doghra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Doghra village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Bhojpur
Tehsil Behea
Area (hectares) 253 hectares
Population 4,108
Male Population 2,154
Female Population 1,954
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 907
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Doghra compares

By the 2011 count Doghra is the 10th largest of the 73 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 2,016 residents. Its 253 hectares work out to about 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 911.

Getting to Doghra

Doghra 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 Doghra as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Doghra from other places

Doghra lies about 23 km from Bhojpur, and the nearest railway station is Hatwar, about 21 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 Doghra
Nearest town Bahādurganj 18 km
Nearest railway station Hatwar 21 km
Tehsil headquarters Behea 23 km
District headquarters Bhojpur 23 km

Villages closest to Doghra

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

Common questions about Doghra

As per the Census of India 2011, Doghra village had a population of 4,108. That makes it the 10th largest of the 73 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,016 residents.

Doghra village has 2,154 males and 1,954 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Doghra has about 907 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 911.

Doghra covers 253 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Doghra falls under Behea tehsil of Bhojpur district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Doghra is Hatwar, about 21 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

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

Doghra is about 23 km from Bhojpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Doghra is in Behea tehsil of Bhojpur district. Bahādurganj is about 18 km away. Hatwar is about 21 km away. Behea is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Rani Sagar (6.7 km), Dharhara (8.1 km) and Dalpatpur (8.4 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Doghra today is likely to be higher.

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