About Doriya Village

Doriya is a mid sized village in Erki tehsil, in the district of Khunti, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 820, made up of 399 males and 421 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,055 females per 1000 males. The village covers 859.28 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835225, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Doriya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Doriya village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Khunti
Tehsil	Erki
Pincode	835225
Area (hectares)	859.28 hectares
Population	820
Male Population	399
Female Population	421
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,055
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 Doriya compares

By the 2011 count Doriya is the 34th largest of the 126 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 626 residents. Its 859.28 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1005.

Getting to Doriya

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

Doriya lies about 33 km from Khunti, and the nearest railway station is Chakradharpur, about 33 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 Doriya
Nearest town	Būndu	21 km
Tehsil headquarters	Erki	33 km
District headquarters	Khunti	33 km
Nearest railway station	Chakradharpur	33 km

Villages closest to Doriya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Doriya village had a population of 820. That makes it the 34th largest of the 126 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 626 residents.

Doriya village has 399 males and 421 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Doriya has about 1055 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1005.

The pincode recorded for Doriya is 835225. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Doriya covers 859.28 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Doriya falls under Erki tehsil of Khunti district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Doriya is Chakradharpur, about 33 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 Doriya.

Doriya is about 33 km from Khunti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Doriya is in Erki tehsil of Khunti district. Būndu is about 21 km away. Erki is about 33 km away. Khunti is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.