About Duma Village

Duma is a mid sized village in Fatehpur tehsil, in the district of Jamtara, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 558, made up of 295 males and 263 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 892 females per 1000 males. The village covers 231 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814166, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Duma Overview

Census 2011 figures for Duma village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Jamtara
Tehsil	Fatehpur
Pincode	814166
Area (hectares)	231 hectares
Population	558
Male Population	295
Female Population	263
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	892
Bus Service (public)	Available within 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 the 60th largest of the 162 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 533 residents. Its 231 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 975.

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 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 146 km from Jamtara, and the nearest railway station is Ammapali, about 14 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
Tehsil headquarters	Fatehpur	11 km
Nearest railway station	Ammapali	14 km
Nearest town	Colgong	23 km
District headquarters	Jamtara	146 km

Villages closest to Duma

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Fatehpur 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 558. That makes it the 60th largest of the 162 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 533 residents.

Duma village has 295 males and 263 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Duma has about 892 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 975.

The pincode recorded for Duma is 814166. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Duma covers 231 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Duma falls under Fatehpur tehsil of Jamtara district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Duma is Ammapali, about 14 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 5 - 10 km distance for Duma.

Duma is about 146 km from Jamtara in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Duma is in Fatehpur tehsil of Jamtara district. Fatehpur is about 11 km away. Ammapali is about 14 km away. Colgong is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.