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About Dohara Village

Dohara is a small village in Lalbarra tehsil, in the district of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 458, made up of 216 males and 242 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,120 females per 1000 males. The village covers 386.87 hectares hectares.

Dohara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dohara village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Balaghat
Tehsil Lalbarra
Area (hectares) 386.87 hectares
Population 458
Male Population 216
Female Population 242
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,120
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 Dohara compares

By the 2011 count Dohara is the 92nd largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,485 residents. Its 386.87 hectares work out to about 1.2 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 1020.

Getting to Dohara

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

Dohara lies about 29 km from Balaghat, and the nearest railway station is Titwa, 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 Dohara
Nearest railway station Titwa 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Lalbarra 29 km
District headquarters Balaghat 29 km
Nearest town Bālāghāt 29 km

Villages closest to Dohara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dohara village had a population of 458. That makes it the 92nd largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,485 residents.

Dohara village has 216 males and 242 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dohara has about 1120 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1020.

Dohara covers 386.87 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Dohara falls under Lalbarra tehsil of Balaghat district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Dohara is Titwa, about 12 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 Dohara.

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

Dohara is in Lalbarra tehsil of Balaghat district. Titwa is about 12 km away. Lalbarra is about 29 km away. Balaghat is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bandri (1.6 km), Bahegaon (1.8 km) and Bagdehi (2.3 km).

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

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