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About Duia Village

Duia is a mid sized village in Manoharpur tehsil, in the district of Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 630, made up of 324 males and 306 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 944 females per 1000 males. The village covers 553.6 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 833104, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Duia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Duia village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Pashchimi Singhbhum
Tehsil Manoharpur
Pincode 833104
Area (hectares) 553.6 hectares
Population 630
Male Population 324
Female Population 306
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 944
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Duia compares

By the 2011 count Duia is the 47th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 787 residents. Its 553.6 hectares work out to about 1.1 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 991.

Getting to Duia

The census records public bus service for Duia as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Duia from other places

Duia lies about 42 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Gua, about 12 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 Duia
Nearest railway station Gua 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Manoharpur 17 km
Nearest town Bada Barabīl 23 km
District headquarters Pashchimi Singhbhum 42 km

Villages closest to Duia

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

Common questions about Duia

As per the Census of India 2011, Duia village had a population of 630. That makes it the 47th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 787 residents.

Duia village has 324 males and 306 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Duia has about 944 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 991.

The pincode recorded for Duia is 833104. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Duia covers 553.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Duia falls under Manoharpur tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Duia is Gua, about 12 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Duia.

Duia is about 42 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Duia is in Manoharpur tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district. Gua is about 12 km away. Manoharpur is about 17 km away. Bada Barabīl is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Salai (under 2 km), Dodari (1.7 km) and Churgi (2.2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Duia today is likely to be higher.

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