About Dhoba Village

Dhoba is a small village in Erki tehsil, in the district of Khunti, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 202, made up of 104 males and 98 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 942 females per 1000 males. The village covers 154 hectares hectares.

Dhoba Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dhoba village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Khunti
Tehsil	Erki
Area (hectares)	154 hectares
Population	202
Male Population	104
Female Population	98
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	942
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 Dhoba compares

By the 2011 count Dhoba is the 104th largest of the 126 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 626 residents. Its 154 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1005.

Getting to Dhoba

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

Dhoba lies about 29 km from Khunti, and the nearest railway station is Chakradharpur, about 35 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 Dhoba
Nearest town	Būndu	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Erki	29 km
District headquarters	Khunti	29 km
Nearest railway station	Chakradharpur	35 km

Villages closest to Dhoba

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 Dhoba

As per the Census of India 2011, Dhoba village had a population of 202. That makes it the 104th largest of the 126 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 626 residents.

Dhoba village has 104 males and 98 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dhoba has about 942 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1005.

Dhoba covers 154 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Dhoba falls under Erki tehsil of Khunti district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Dhoba is Chakradharpur, about 35 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 Dhoba.

Dhoba is about 29 km from Khunti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dhoba is in Erki tehsil of Khunti district. Būndu is about 20 km away. Erki is about 29 km away. Khunti is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.