About Dheka Village

Dheka is a mid sized village in Dumraon tehsil, in the district of Buxar, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 693, made up of 352 males and 341 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 969 females per 1000 males. The village covers 80.1 hectares hectares.

How Dheka compares

By the 2011 count Dheka is the 49th largest of the 72 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,484 residents. Its 80.1 hectares work out to about 8.7 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 937.

Getting to Dheka

Dheka is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Dheka as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Dheka from other places

Dheka lies about 24 km from Buxar, and the nearest railway station is Twining Ganj, about under 2 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.

Villages closest to Dheka

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

• Sarora under 2 km
• Chhatanwar under 2 km
• Kumbhi under 2 km
• Rehiya 1.6 km
• Sowan 2.0 km
• Sirampur 2.2 km

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.