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About Duari Village

Duari is a small village in Barachatti tehsil, in the district of Gaya, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 75, made up of 40 males and 35 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 875 females per 1000 males. The village covers 265 hectares hectares.

Duari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Duari village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Gaya
Tehsil Barachatti
Area (hectares) 265 hectares
Population 75
Male Population 40
Female Population 35
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 875
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Duari compares

By the 2011 count Duari is the 130th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,008 residents. Its 265 hectares work out to about 0.3 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 971.

Getting to Duari

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

How far is Duari from other places

Duari lies about 35 km from Gaya, and the nearest railway station is Gurpa, about 8.5 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 Duari
Nearest railway station Gurpa 8.5 km
Nearest town Rajauli 20 km
Tehsil headquarters Barachatti 34 km
District headquarters Gaya 35 km

Villages closest to Duari

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Duari village had a population of 75. That makes it the 130th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,008 residents.

Duari village has 40 males and 35 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Duari has about 875 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 971.

Duari covers 265 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Duari falls under Barachatti tehsil of Gaya district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Duari is Gurpa, about 8.5 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Duari.

Duari is about 35 km from Gaya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Duari is in Barachatti tehsil of Gaya district. Gurpa is about 8.5 km away. Rajauli is about 20 km away. Barachatti is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Raksi (2.2 km), Khorya (6.4 km) and Nimi (6.8 km).

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

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