About Dokata Village

Dokata is a mid sized village in Manjhari tehsil, in the district of Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,307, made up of 605 males and 702 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,160 females per 1000 males. The village covers 481 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 833201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dokata Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dokata village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Pashchimi Singhbhum
Tehsil	Manjhari
Pincode	833201
Area (hectares)	481 hectares
Population	1,307
Male Population	605
Female Population	702
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,160
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dokata compares

By the 2011 count Dokata is the 18th largest of the 64 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,070 residents. Its 481 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1030.

Getting to Dokata

Dokata is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Dokata as Available within village. 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 Dokata from other places

Dokata lies about 36 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Jhinkpani, about 16 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 Dokata
Tehsil headquarters	Manjhari	5.1 km
Nearest railway station	Jhinkpani	16 km
Nearest town	Chāībāsa	22 km
District headquarters	Pashchimi Singhbhum	36 km

Villages closest to Dokata

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dokata village had a population of 1,307. That makes it the 18th largest of the 64 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,070 residents.

Dokata village has 605 males and 702 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dokata has about 1160 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1030.

The pincode recorded for Dokata is 833201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dokata covers 481 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dokata falls under Manjhari tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Dokata is Jhinkpani, about 16 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 village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Dokata.

Dokata is about 36 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dokata is in Manjhari tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district. Manjhari is about 5.1 km away. Jhinkpani is about 16 km away. Chāībāsa is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.