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About Dumdumuwa Village

Dumdumuwa is a mid sized village in Lauriya tehsil, in the district of Pashchim Champaran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,521, made up of 789 males and 732 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 928 females per 1000 males. The village covers 160.3 hectares hectares.

Dumdumuwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dumdumuwa village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Pashchim Champaran
Tehsil Lauriya
Area (hectares) 160.3 hectares
Population 1,521
Male Population 789
Female Population 732
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 928
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Dumdumuwa compares

By the 2011 count Dumdumuwa is the 57th largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,534 residents. Its 160.3 hectares work out to about 9.5 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 909.

Getting to Dumdumuwa

The census records public bus service for Dumdumuwa as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Dumdumuwa from other places

Dumdumuwa lies about 8.4 km from Pashchim Champaran, and the nearest railway station is Rameshwar Nagar, about 2.7 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 Dumdumuwa
Nearest railway station Rameshwar Nagar 2.7 km
Nearest town Chanpatia 5.5 km
District headquarters Pashchim Champaran 8.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Lauriya 14 km

Villages closest to Dumdumuwa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dumdumuwa village had a population of 1,521. That makes it the 57th largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,534 residents.

Dumdumuwa village has 789 males and 732 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dumdumuwa has about 928 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 909.

Dumdumuwa covers 160.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.5 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Dumdumuwa falls under Lauriya tehsil of Pashchim Champaran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Dumdumuwa is Rameshwar Nagar, about 2.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Dumdumuwa.

Dumdumuwa is about 8.4 km from Pashchim Champaran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dumdumuwa is in Lauriya tehsil of Pashchim Champaran district. Rameshwar Nagar is about 2.7 km away. Chanpatia is about 5.5 km away. Pashchim Champaran is about 8.4 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dumdumwa (under 2 km), Bhataura (under 2 km) and Sihpur (under 2 km).

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

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