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About Doru Village

Doru is a small village in Khansahib tehsil, in the district of Badgam, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 385, made up of 190 males and 195 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,026 females per 1000 males. The village covers 59.5 hectares hectares.

Doru Overview

Census 2011 figures for Doru village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Badgam
Tehsil Khansahib
Area (hectares) 59.5 hectares
Population 385
Male Population 190
Female Population 195
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,026
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Doru compares

By the 2011 count Doru is the 79th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,257 residents. Its 59.5 hectares work out to about 6.5 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 924.

Getting to Doru

Doru is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Doru as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Doru from other places

Doru lies about 3.9 km from Badgam, and the nearest railway station is Badgam station, about under 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 Doru
Nearest railway station Badgam station under 2 km
District headquarters Badgam 3.9 km
Nearest town Soyībug 4.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Khansahib 15 km

Villages closest to Doru

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Doru village had a population of 385. That makes it the 79th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,257 residents.

Doru village has 190 males and 195 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Doru has about 1026 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 924.

Doru covers 59.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.5 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Doru falls under Khansahib tehsil of Badgam district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Doru is Badgam station, about under 2 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 village for Doru.

Doru is about 3.9 km from Badgam in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Doru is in Khansahib tehsil of Badgam district. Badgam station is about under 2 km away. Badgam is about 3.9 km away. Soyībug is about 4.4 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Nuch Gam (3.9 km), Gurweth Khurd (4.5 km) and Gund Ali Naik (6.0 km).

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

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