About Duma Village

Duma is a mid sized village in Purbi Tundi tehsil, in the district of Dhanbad, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,244, made up of 643 males and 601 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 935 females per 1000 males. The village covers 272.79 hectares hectares.

Duma Overview

Census 2011 figures for Duma village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dhanbad
Tehsil	Purbi Tundi
Area (hectares)	272.79 hectares
Population	1,244
Male Population	643
Female Population	601
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	935
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Duma compares

By the 2011 count Duma is the 10th largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 636 residents. Its 272.79 hectares work out to about 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 971.

Getting to Duma

Duma is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Duma as Available within 5 - 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 Duma from other places

Duma lies about 44 km from Dhanbad, and the nearest railway station is Krishna Ballabh Sahay Halt, about 8.3 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 Duma
Nearest railway station	Krishna Ballabh Sahay Halt	8.3 km
Nearest town	Madhupur	18 km
Tehsil headquarters	Purbi Tundi	25 km
District headquarters	Dhanbad	44 km

Villages closest to Duma

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Purbi Tundi 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 Duma

As per the Census of India 2011, Duma village had a population of 1,244. That makes it the 10th largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 636 residents.

Duma village has 643 males and 601 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Duma has about 935 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 971.

Duma covers 272.79 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Duma falls under Purbi Tundi tehsil of Dhanbad district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Duma is Krishna Ballabh Sahay Halt, about 8.3 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Duma.

Duma is about 44 km from Dhanbad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Duma is in Purbi Tundi tehsil of Dhanbad district. Krishna Ballabh Sahay Halt is about 8.3 km away. Madhupur is about 18 km away. Purbi Tundi is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.