About Dumra Village

Dumra is a mid sized village in Barhait tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,387, made up of 720 males and 667 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 926 females per 1000 males. The village covers 371.52 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816102, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dumra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dumra village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Sahibganj
Tehsil	Barhait
Pincode	816102
Area (hectares)	371.52 hectares
Population	1,387
Male Population	720
Female Population	667
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	926
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 Dumra compares

By the 2011 count Dumra is the 29th largest of the 192 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 595 residents. Its 371.52 hectares work out to about 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1008.

Getting to Dumra

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

Dumra lies about 32 km from Sahibganj, and the nearest railway station is Tinpahar Junction, 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 Dumra
Nearest railway station	Tinpahar Junction	14 km
Nearest town	Rājmahal	24 km
Tehsil headquarters	Barhait	32 km
District headquarters	Sahibganj	32 km

Villages closest to Dumra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dumra village had a population of 1,387. That makes it the 29th largest of the 192 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 595 residents.

Dumra village has 720 males and 667 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dumra has about 926 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1008.

The pincode recorded for Dumra is 816102. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dumra covers 371.52 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dumra falls under Barhait tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Dumra is Tinpahar Junction, 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 10+ km distance for Dumra.

Dumra is about 32 km from Sahibganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dumra is in Barhait tehsil of Sahibganj district. Tinpahar Junction is about 14 km away. Rājmahal is about 24 km away. Barhait is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.