About Dorabandh Village

Dorabandh is a small village in Poreyahat tehsil, in the district of Godda, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 276, made up of 138 males and 138 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 146 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814153, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dorabandh Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dorabandh village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Godda
Tehsil	Poreyahat
Pincode	814153
Area (hectares)	146 hectares
Population	276
Male Population	138
Female Population	138
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dorabandh compares

By the 2011 count Dorabandh is the 152nd largest of the 190 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 957 residents. Its 146 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 971.

Getting to Dorabandh

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

Dorabandh lies about 18 km from Godda, and the nearest railway station is Danre Halt, about 4.1 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 Dorabandh
Nearest railway station	Danre Halt	4.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Poreyahat	15 km
District headquarters	Godda	18 km

Villages closest to Dorabandh

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dorabandh village had a population of 276. That makes it the 152nd largest of the 190 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 957 residents.

Dorabandh village has 138 males and 138 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dorabandh has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 971.

The pincode recorded for Dorabandh is 814153. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dorabandh covers 146 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Dorabandh falls under Poreyahat tehsil of Godda district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Dorabandh is Danre Halt, about 4.1 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 Dorabandh.

Dorabandh is about 18 km from Godda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dorabandh is in Poreyahat tehsil of Godda district. Danre Halt is about 4.1 km away. Poreyahat is about 15 km away. Godda is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.