About Dokla Village

Dokla is a mid sized village in Manpur tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,170, made up of 570 males and 600 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,053 females per 1000 males. The village covers 596.24 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491229, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dokla Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dokla village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Rajnandgaon
Tehsil	Manpur
Pincode	491229
Area (hectares)	596.24 hectares
Population	1,170
Male Population	570
Female Population	600
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,053
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dokla compares

By the 2011 count Dokla is the 14th largest of the 160 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 528 residents. Its 596.24 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1025.

Getting to Dokla

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

Dokla lies about 66 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Dalli Rajhara, about 23 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 Dokla
Tehsil headquarters	Manpur	22 km
Nearest railway station	Dalli Rajhara	23 km
Nearest town	Dalli Rājhara	23 km
District headquarters	Rajnandgaon	66 km

Villages closest to Dokla

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dokla village had a population of 1,170. That makes it the 14th largest of the 160 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 528 residents.

Dokla village has 570 males and 600 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dokla has about 1053 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1025.

The pincode recorded for Dokla is 491229. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dokla covers 596.24 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Dokla falls under Manpur tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Dokla is Dalli Rajhara, about 23 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 5 - 10 km distance for Dokla.

Dokla is about 66 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dokla is in Manpur tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Manpur is about 22 km away. Dalli Rajhara is about 23 km away. Dalli Rājhara is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.