About Duma Village

Duma is a small village in Jamua tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 93, made up of 49 males and 44 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 898 females per 1000 males. The village covers 74.59 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815314, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Duma Overview

Census 2011 figures for Duma village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Giridih
Tehsil	Jamua
Pincode	815314
Area (hectares)	74.59 hectares
Population	93
Male Population	49
Female Population	44
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	898
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Duma compares

By the 2011 count Duma is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 912 residents. Its 74.59 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 947.

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 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 Duma from other places

Duma lies about 135 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Kathautia, about 32 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 town	Chatrā	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jamua	22 km
Nearest railway station	Kathautia	32 km
District headquarters	Giridih	135 km

Villages closest to Duma

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Jamua 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 93. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 912 residents.

Duma village has 49 males and 44 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Duma has about 898 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 947.

The pincode recorded for Duma is 815314. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Duma covers 74.59 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Duma falls under Jamua tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Duma is Kathautia, about 32 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 5 - 10 km distance for Duma.

Duma is about 135 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Duma is in Jamua tehsil of Giridih district. Chatrā is about 20 km away. Jamua is about 22 km away. Kathautia is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.