About Duriya Village

Duriya is a mid sized village in Verno tehsil, in the district of Gumla, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,444, made up of 714 males and 730 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,022 females per 1000 males. The village covers 254 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835203, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Duriya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Duriya village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Gumla
Tehsil	Verno
Pincode	835203
Area (hectares)	254 hectares
Population	1,444
Male Population	714
Female Population	730
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,022
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 Duriya compares

By the 2011 count Duriya is the 19th largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,236 residents. Its 254 hectares work out to about 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 993.

Getting to Duriya

Duriya is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Duriya 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 Duriya from other places

Duriya lies about 34 km from Gumla, and the nearest railway station is Bakaspur, about 20 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 Duriya
Nearest railway station	Bakaspur	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Verno	34 km
District headquarters	Gumla	34 km
Nearest town	Gumlā	34 km

Villages closest to Duriya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Duriya village had a population of 1,444. That makes it the 19th largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,236 residents.

Duriya village has 714 males and 730 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Duriya has about 1022 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 993.

The pincode recorded for Duriya is 835203. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Duriya covers 254 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Duriya falls under Verno tehsil of Gumla district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Duriya is Bakaspur, about 20 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 Duriya.

Duriya is about 34 km from Gumla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Duriya is in Verno tehsil of Gumla district. Bakaspur is about 20 km away. Verno is about 34 km away. Gumla is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.