About Duko Village

Duko is a mid sized village in Ghaghra tehsil, in the district of Gumla, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,457, made up of 711 males and 746 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,049 females per 1000 males. The village covers 512 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835208, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Duko Overview

Census 2011 figures for Duko village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Gumla
Tehsil	Ghaghra
Pincode	835208
Area (hectares)	512 hectares
Population	1,457
Male Population	711
Female Population	746
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,049
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 Duko compares

By the 2011 count Duko is the 17th largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 889 residents. Its 512 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1002.

Getting to Duko

Duko is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Duko 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 Duko from other places

Duko lies about 23 km from Gumla, and the nearest railway station is Irgaon, about 26 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 Duko
Tehsil headquarters	Ghaghra	12 km
District headquarters	Gumla	23 km
Nearest town	Gumlā	23 km
Nearest railway station	Irgaon	26 km

Villages closest to Duko

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Duko village had a population of 1,457. That makes it the 17th largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 889 residents.

Duko village has 711 males and 746 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Duko has about 1049 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1002.

The pincode recorded for Duko is 835208. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Duko covers 512 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Duko falls under Ghaghra tehsil of Gumla district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Duko is Irgaon, about 26 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 Duko.

Duko is about 23 km from Gumla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Duko is in Ghaghra tehsil of Gumla district. Ghaghra is about 12 km away. Gumla is about 23 km away. Gumlā is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.