About Doasi Village

Doasi is one of the larger villages in Dandkhora tehsil, in the district of Katihar, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,257, made up of 2,769 males and 2,488 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 899 females per 1000 males. The village covers 646.2 hectares hectares.

Doasi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Doasi village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Katihar
Tehsil	Dandkhora
Area (hectares)	646.2 hectares
Population	5,257
Male Population	2,769
Female Population	2,488
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	899
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Doasi compares

By the 2011 count Doasi is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,448 residents. Its 646.2 hectares work out to about 8.1 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 931.

Getting to Doasi

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

How far is Doasi from other places

Doasi lies about 14 km from Katihar, and the nearest railway station is Gorphar, about 5.5 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 Doasi
Nearest railway station	Gorphar	5.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dandkhora	7.0 km
District headquarters	Katihar	14 km

Villages closest to Doasi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Doasi village had a population of 5,257. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,448 residents.

Doasi village has 2,769 males and 2,488 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Doasi has about 899 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 931.

Doasi covers 646.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.1 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Doasi falls under Dandkhora tehsil of Katihar district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Doasi is Gorphar, about 5.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

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

Doasi is about 14 km from Katihar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Doasi is in Dandkhora tehsil of Katihar district. Gorphar is about 5.5 km away. Dandkhora is about 7.0 km away. Katihar is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.