About Doka Village

Doka is a small village in Kanha Chatti tehsil, in the district of Chatra, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 286, made up of 133 males and 153 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,150 females per 1000 males. The village covers 73 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825401, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Doka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Doka village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Chatra
Tehsil	Kanha Chatti
Pincode	825401
Area (hectares)	73 hectares
Population	286
Male Population	133
Female Population	153
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,150
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Doka compares

By the 2011 count Doka is the 70th largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 543 residents. Its 73 hectares work out to about 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1000.

Getting to Doka

Doka is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Doka as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Doka from other places

Doka lies about 24 km from Chatra, and the nearest railway station is Kathautia, about 22 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 Doka
Tehsil headquarters	Kanha Chatti	5.4 km
Nearest railway station	Kathautia	22 km
Nearest town	Bagaha	24 km
District headquarters	Chatra	24 km

Villages closest to Doka

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kanha Chatti 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 Doka

As per the Census of India 2011, Doka village had a population of 286. That makes it the 70th largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 543 residents.

Doka village has 133 males and 153 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Doka has about 1150 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1000.

The pincode recorded for Doka is 825401. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Doka covers 73 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Doka falls under Kanha Chatti tehsil of Chatra district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Doka is Kathautia, about 22 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Doka.

Doka is about 24 km from Chatra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Doka is in Kanha Chatti tehsil of Chatra district. Kanha Chatti is about 5.4 km away. Kathautia is about 22 km away. Bagaha is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.