About Dharmuhan Village

Dharmuhan is a large village in Motihari tehsil, in the district of Purba Champaran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,567, made up of 1,398 males and 1,169 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 836 females per 1000 males. The village covers 213.3 hectares hectares.

Dharmuhan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dharmuhan village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Purba Champaran
Tehsil	Motihari
Area (hectares)	213.3 hectares
Population	2,567
Male Population	1,398
Female Population	1,169
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	836
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Dharmuhan compares

By the 2011 count Dharmuhan is the 34th largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 3,538 residents. Its 213.3 hectares work out to about 12 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 888.

Getting to Dharmuhan

Dharmuhan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Dharmuhan 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Dharmuhan from other places

Dharmuhan lies about 12 km from Purba Champaran, and the nearest railway station is Jiwdhara, about 2.4 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 Dharmuhan
Nearest railway station	Jiwdhara	2.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Motihari	6.3 km
Nearest town	Mothīhāri	6.3 km
District headquarters	Purba Champaran	12 km

Villages closest to Dharmuhan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dharmuhan village had a population of 2,567. That makes it the 34th largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,538 residents.

Dharmuhan village has 1,398 males and 1,169 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dharmuhan has about 836 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 888.

Dharmuhan covers 213.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 12 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Dharmuhan falls under Motihari tehsil of Purba Champaran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Dharmuhan is Jiwdhara, about 2.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Dharmuhan.

Dharmuhan is about 12 km from Purba Champaran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dharmuhan is in Motihari tehsil of Purba Champaran district. Jiwdhara is about 2.4 km away. Motihari is about 6.3 km away. Mothīhāri is about 6.3 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.