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About Dumaria Village

Dumaria is a small village in Thakurgangti tehsil, in the district of Godda, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 476, made up of 245 males and 231 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 943 females per 1000 males. The village covers 80.7 hectares hectares.

Dumaria Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dumaria village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Godda
Tehsil Thakurgangti
Area (hectares) 80.7 hectares
Population 476
Male Population 245
Female Population 231
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 943
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Dumaria compares

By the 2011 count Dumaria is the 62nd largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 693 residents. Its 80.7 hectares work out to about 5.9 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 981.

Getting to Dumaria

Dumaria is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Dumaria as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Dumaria from other places

Dumaria lies about 45 km from Godda, and the nearest railway station is Dhamdhamia, about 12 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 Dumaria
Nearest railway station Dhamdhamia 12 km
Nearest town Rājmahal 24 km
Tehsil headquarters Thakurgangti 30 km
District headquarters Godda 45 km

Villages closest to Dumaria

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dumaria village had a population of 476. That makes it the 62nd largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 693 residents.

Dumaria village has 245 males and 231 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dumaria has about 943 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 981.

Dumaria covers 80.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dumaria falls under Thakurgangti tehsil of Godda district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Dumaria is Dhamdhamia, about 12 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Dumaria.

Dumaria is about 45 km from Godda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dumaria is in Thakurgangti tehsil of Godda district. Dhamdhamia is about 12 km away. Rājmahal is about 24 km away. Thakurgangti is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Panch Pahar (3.3 km), Rangai Chak (11 km) and Jogi Chak (15 km).

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

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