About Dauna Village

Dauna is a mid sized village in Pathariya tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,087, made up of 578 males and 509 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 881 females per 1000 males. The village covers 346.33 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495224, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dauna Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dauna village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bilaspur
Tehsil	Pathariya
Pincode	495224
Area (hectares)	346.33 hectares
Population	1,087
Male Population	578
Female Population	509
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	881
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dauna compares

By the 2011 count Dauna is the 66th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,097 residents. Its 346.33 hectares work out to about 3.1 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 968.

Getting to Dauna

Dauna is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Dauna as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Dauna from other places

Dauna lies about 22 km from Bilaspur, and the nearest railway station is Belha, about 10 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 Dauna
Nearest railway station	Belha	10 km
Tehsil headquarters	Pathariya	15 km
District headquarters	Bilaspur	22 km
Nearest town	Bilāspur	22 km

Villages closest to Dauna

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dauna village had a population of 1,087. That makes it the 66th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,097 residents.

Dauna village has 578 males and 509 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dauna has about 881 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 968.

The pincode recorded for Dauna is 495224. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dauna covers 346.33 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dauna falls under Pathariya tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Dauna is Belha, about 10 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 and private bus service as Available within village for Dauna.

Dauna is about 22 km from Bilaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dauna is in Pathariya tehsil of Bilaspur district. Belha is about 10 km away. Pathariya is about 15 km away. Bilaspur is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.