About Dumdumwa Village

Dumdumwa is a mid sized village in Sugauli tehsil, in the district of Purba Champaran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,274, made up of 687 males and 587 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 854 females per 1000 males. The village covers 230 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 845456, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dumdumwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dumdumwa village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Purba Champaran
Tehsil	Sugauli
Pincode	845456
Area (hectares)	230 hectares
Population	1,274
Male Population	687
Female Population	587
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	854
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dumdumwa compares

By the 2011 count Dumdumwa is the 36th largest of the 46 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 4,174 residents. Its 230 hectares work out to about 5.5 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 901.

Getting to Dumdumwa

Dumdumwa is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Dumdumwa as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Dumdumwa from other places

Dumdumwa lies about 14 km from Purba Champaran, and the nearest railway station is Sagauli Junction, about 8.1 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 Dumdumwa
Nearest railway station	Sagauli Junction	8.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sugauli	8.8 km
Nearest town	Sagauli	8.8 km
District headquarters	Purba Champaran	14 km

Villages closest to Dumdumwa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dumdumwa village had a population of 1,274. That makes it the 36th largest of the 46 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 4,174 residents.

Dumdumwa village has 687 males and 587 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dumdumwa has about 854 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 901.

The pincode recorded for Dumdumwa is 845456. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dumdumwa covers 230 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dumdumwa falls under Sugauli tehsil of Purba Champaran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Dumdumwa is Sagauli Junction, about 8.1 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 10+ km distance for Dumdumwa.

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

Dumdumwa is in Sugauli tehsil of Purba Champaran district. Sagauli Junction is about 8.1 km away. Sugauli is about 8.8 km away. Sagauli is about 8.8 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.