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About Dumaria Chakla Village

Dumaria Chakla is a mid sized village in Dhamdaha tehsil, in the district of Purnia, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 929, made up of 496 males and 433 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 873 females per 1000 males. The village covers 45 hectares hectares.

Dumaria Chakla Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dumaria Chakla village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Purnia
Tehsil Dhamdaha
Area (hectares) 45 hectares
Population 929
Male Population 496
Female Population 433
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 873
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Dumaria Chakla compares

By the 2011 count Dumaria Chakla is the 40th largest of the 64 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 4,178 residents. Its 45 hectares work out to about 21 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 913.

Getting to Dumaria Chakla

Dumaria Chakla is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Dumaria Chakla as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Dumaria Chakla from other places

Dumaria Chakla lies about 17 km from Purnia, and the nearest railway station is Sarsi, about 9.2 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 Dumaria Chakla
Nearest railway station Sarsi 9.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Dhamdaha 12 km
Nearest town Banmankhi Bazar 16 km
District headquarters Purnia 17 km

Villages closest to Dumaria Chakla

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dhamdaha 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 Dumaria Chakla

As per the Census of India 2011, Dumaria Chakla village had a population of 929. That makes it the 40th largest of the 64 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 4,178 residents.

Dumaria Chakla village has 496 males and 433 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dumaria Chakla has about 873 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 913.

Dumaria Chakla covers 45 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 21 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Dumaria Chakla falls under Dhamdaha tehsil of Purnia district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Dumaria Chakla is Sarsi, about 9.2 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 village for Dumaria Chakla.

Dumaria Chakla is about 17 km from Purnia in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dumaria Chakla is in Dhamdaha tehsil of Purnia district. Sarsi is about 9.2 km away. Dhamdaha is about 12 km away. Banmankhi Bazar is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dumaria (under 2 km), Barkona (3.0 km) and Barkona Milik (3.0 km).

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

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