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About Durbhat Village

Durbhat is a large village in Ponda tehsil, in the district of North Goa, Goa. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,443, made up of 1,700 males and 1,743 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,025 females per 1000 males. The village covers 579 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 403401, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Durbhat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Durbhat village
Description Value
State Goa
District North Goa
Tehsil Ponda
Pincode 403401
Area (hectares) 579 hectares
Population 3,443
Male Population 1,700
Female Population 1,743
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,025
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Durbhat compares

By the 2011 count Durbhat is the 7th largest of the 22 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,826 residents. Its 579 hectares work out to about 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 963.

Getting to Durbhat

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

Durbhat lies about 20 km from North Goa, and the nearest railway station is Verna, about 7.1 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 Durbhat
Tehsil headquarters Ponda 5.5 km
Nearest railway station Verna 7.1 km
District headquarters North Goa 20 km

Villages closest to Durbhat

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Durbhat village had a population of 3,443. That makes it the 7th largest of the 22 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,826 residents.

Durbhat village has 1,700 males and 1,743 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Durbhat has about 1025 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 963.

The pincode recorded for Durbhat is 403401. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Durbhat covers 579 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Durbhat falls under Ponda tehsil of North Goa district in Goa.

The nearest railway station to Durbhat is Verna, about 7.1 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Durbhat.

Durbhat is about 20 km from North Goa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Durbhat is in Ponda tehsil of North Goa district. Ponda is about 5.5 km away. Verna is about 7.1 km away. North Goa is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Quela (2.2 km), Borim (3.9 km) and Bandora (4.0 km).

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

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