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About Doriawan Village

Doriawan is a mid sized village in Sheosagar tehsil, in the district of Rohtas, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,286, made up of 699 males and 587 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 840 females per 1000 males. The village covers 227 hectares hectares.

Doriawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Doriawan village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Rohtas
Tehsil Sheosagar
Area (hectares) 227 hectares
Population 1,286
Male Population 699
Female Population 587
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 840
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Doriawan compares

By the 2011 count Doriawan is the 43rd largest of the 146 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,177 residents. Its 227 hectares work out to about 5.7 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 933.

Getting to Doriawan

Doriawan is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Doriawan as Available within <5 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Doriawan from other places

Doriawan lies about 31 km from Rohtas, and the nearest railway station is Barkisalaiya, about 11 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 Doriawan
Nearest railway station Barkisalaiya 11 km
Nearest town Nabīnagar 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Sheosagar 31 km
District headquarters Rohtas 31 km

Villages closest to Doriawan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Doriawan village had a population of 1,286. That makes it the 43rd largest of the 146 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,177 residents.

Doriawan village has 699 males and 587 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Doriawan has about 840 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 933.

Doriawan covers 227 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Doriawan falls under Sheosagar tehsil of Rohtas district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Doriawan is Barkisalaiya, about 11 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Doriawan.

Doriawan is about 31 km from Rohtas in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Doriawan is in Sheosagar tehsil of Rohtas district. Barkisalaiya is about 11 km away. Nabīnagar is about 12 km away. Sheosagar is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gorwar (under 2 km), Torana (under 2 km) and Nimia (2.6 km).

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

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