About Dhokaria Village

Dhokaria is a small village in Azamnagar tehsil, in the district of Katihar, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 392, made up of 217 males and 175 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 806 females per 1000 males. The village covers 88.93 hectares hectares.

Dhokaria Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dhokaria village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Katihar
Tehsil	Azamnagar
Area (hectares)	88.93 hectares
Population	392
Male Population	217
Female Population	175
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	806
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 Dhokaria compares

By the 2011 count Dhokaria is the 159th largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,414 residents. Its 88.93 hectares work out to about 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 933.

Getting to Dhokaria

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

Dhokaria lies about 33 km from Katihar, and the nearest railway station is Azamnagar Road, about 5.9 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 Dhokaria
Nearest railway station	Azamnagar Road	5.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Azamnagar	7.2 km
Nearest town	Rāiganj	25 km
District headquarters	Katihar	33 km

Villages closest to Dhokaria

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dhokaria village had a population of 392. That makes it the 159th largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,414 residents.

Dhokaria village has 217 males and 175 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dhokaria has about 806 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 933.

Dhokaria covers 88.93 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dhokaria falls under Azamnagar tehsil of Katihar district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Dhokaria is Azamnagar Road, about 5.9 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 Dhokaria.

Dhokaria is about 33 km from Katihar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dhokaria is in Azamnagar tehsil of Katihar district. Azamnagar Road is about 5.9 km away. Azamnagar is about 7.2 km away. Rāiganj is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.