About Donchuan Village

Donchuan is a small village in Dobhi tehsil, in the district of Gaya, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 454, made up of 231 males and 223 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 965 females per 1000 males. The village covers 103 hectares hectares.

Donchuan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Donchuan village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Gaya
Tehsil	Dobhi
Area (hectares)	103 hectares
Population	454
Male Population	231
Female Population	223
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	965
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 Donchuan compares

By the 2011 count Donchuan is the 89th largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,325 residents. Its 103 hectares work out to about 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 971.

Getting to Donchuan

Donchuan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Donchuan 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 Donchuan from other places

Donchuan lies about 42 km from Gaya, and the nearest railway station is Bansinala Halt, about 37 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 Donchuan
Tehsil headquarters	Dobhi	12 km
Nearest town	Bagaha	19 km
Nearest railway station	Bansinala Halt	37 km
District headquarters	Gaya	42 km

Villages closest to Donchuan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Donchuan village had a population of 454. That makes it the 89th largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,325 residents.

Donchuan village has 231 males and 223 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Donchuan has about 965 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 971.

Donchuan covers 103 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Donchuan falls under Dobhi tehsil of Gaya district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Donchuan is Bansinala Halt, about 37 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 Donchuan.

Donchuan is about 42 km from Gaya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Donchuan is in Dobhi tehsil of Gaya district. Dobhi is about 12 km away. Bagaha is about 19 km away. Bansinala Halt is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.