About Dubha Taufir Village

Dubha Taufir is a small village in Simri tehsil, in the district of Buxar, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 306, made up of 163 males and 143 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 877 females per 1000 males. The village covers 186.56 hectares hectares.

Dubha Taufir Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dubha Taufir village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Buxar
Tehsil	Simri
Area (hectares)	186.56 hectares
Population	306
Male Population	163
Female Population	143
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	877
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dubha Taufir compares

By the 2011 count Dubha Taufir is the 66th largest of the 81 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,147 residents. Its 186.56 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 923.

Getting to Dubha Taufir

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

How far is Dubha Taufir from other places

Dubha Taufir lies about 23 km from Buxar, and the nearest railway station is Ballia, about 9.4 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 Dubha Taufir
Tehsil headquarters	Simri	7.3 km
Nearest railway station	Ballia	9.4 km
Nearest town	Dumraon	14 km
District headquarters	Buxar	23 km

Villages closest to Dubha Taufir

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Simri 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 Dubha Taufir

As per the Census of India 2011, Dubha Taufir village had a population of 306. That makes it the 66th largest of the 81 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,147 residents.

Dubha Taufir village has 163 males and 143 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dubha Taufir has about 877 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 923.

Dubha Taufir covers 186.56 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Dubha Taufir falls under Simri tehsil of Buxar district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Dubha Taufir is Ballia, about 9.4 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Dubha Taufir.

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

Dubha Taufir is in Simri tehsil of Buxar district. Simri is about 7.3 km away. Ballia is about 9.4 km away. Dumraon is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.