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About Duari Village

Duari is a mid sized village in Sirdala tehsil, in the district of Nawada, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,424, made up of 765 males and 659 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 861 females per 1000 males. The village covers 341 hectares hectares.

Duari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Duari village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Nawada
Tehsil Sirdala
Area (hectares) 341 hectares
Population 1,424
Male Population 765
Female Population 659
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 861
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Duari compares

By the 2011 count Duari is the 45th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,231 residents. Its 341 hectares work out to about 4.2 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 954.

Getting to Duari

Duari is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Duari as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 36 km from Nawada, 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
Tehsil headquarters Sirdala 10 km
Nearest town Rajauli 20 km
District headquarters Nawada 36 km

Villages closest to Duari

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sirdala 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 1,424. That makes it the 45th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,231 residents.

Duari village has 765 males and 659 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Duari has about 861 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 954.

Duari covers 341 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Duari falls under Sirdala tehsil of Nawada 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Duari.

Duari is about 36 km from Nawada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Duari is in Sirdala tehsil of Nawada district. Gurpa is about 8.5 km away. Sirdala is about 10 km away. Rajauli is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Abdul (1.6 km), Bhatauliya (2.4 km) and Chaukia (2.5 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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