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About Doria Village

Doria is a small village in Dagarua tehsil, in the district of Purnia, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 435, made up of 226 males and 209 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 925 females per 1000 males. The village covers 86 hectares hectares.

Doria Overview

Census 2011 figures for Doria village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Purnia
Tehsil Dagarua
Area (hectares) 86 hectares
Population 435
Male Population 226
Female Population 209
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 925
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Doria compares

By the 2011 count Doria is the 102nd largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,613 residents. Its 86 hectares work out to about 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 988.

Getting to Doria

The census records public bus service for Doria as Available within 5 - 10 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 Doria from other places

Doria lies about 151 km from Purnia, and the nearest railway station is Narhan, about under 2 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 Doria
Nearest railway station Narhan under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Dagarua 5.1 km
Nearest town Rusera 5.9 km
District headquarters Purnia 151 km

Villages closest to Doria

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Doria village had a population of 435. That makes it the 102nd largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,613 residents.

Doria village has 226 males and 209 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Doria has about 925 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 988.

Doria covers 86 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Doria falls under Dagarua tehsil of Purnia district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Doria is Narhan, about under 2 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Doria.

Doria is about 151 km from Purnia in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Doria is in Dagarua tehsil of Purnia district. Narhan is about under 2 km away. Dagarua is about 5.1 km away. Rusera is about 5.9 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Phulwari (2.3 km), Dariapur (3.1 km) and Dagarua (5.1 km).

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

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