About Durasan Village

Durasan is a large village in Simri tehsil, in the district of Buxar, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,511, made up of 1,262 males and 1,249 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 990 females per 1000 males. The village covers 136 hectares hectares.

Durasan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Durasan village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Buxar
Tehsil	Simri
Area (hectares)	136 hectares
Population	2,511
Male Population	1,262
Female Population	1,249
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	990
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Durasan compares

By the 2011 count Durasan is the 22nd largest of the 81 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,147 residents. Its 136 hectares work out to about 18 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 923.

Getting to Durasan

Durasan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Durasan as Available within 5 - 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 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Durasan from other places

Durasan lies about 20 km from Buxar, and the nearest railway station is V.V. Giri Halt, about 4.3 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 Durasan
Nearest railway station	V.V. Giri Halt	4.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Simri	6.6 km
Nearest town	Dumraon	6.8 km
District headquarters	Buxar	20 km

Villages closest to Durasan

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 Durasan

As per the Census of India 2011, Durasan village had a population of 2,511. That makes it the 22nd largest of the 81 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,147 residents.

Durasan village has 1,262 males and 1,249 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Durasan has about 990 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 923.

Durasan covers 136 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 18 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Durasan falls under Simri tehsil of Buxar district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Durasan is V.V. Giri Halt, about 4.3 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

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

Durasan is about 20 km from Buxar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Durasan is in Simri tehsil of Buxar district. V.V. Giri Halt is about 4.3 km away. Simri is about 6.6 km away. Dumraon is about 6.8 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.