About Dora Village

Dora is a mid sized village in Paraswada tehsil, in the district of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 521, made up of 250 males and 271 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,084 females per 1000 males. The village covers 314.62 hectares hectares.

Dora Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dora village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Balaghat
Tehsil	Paraswada
Area (hectares)	314.62 hectares
Population	521
Male Population	250
Female Population	271
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,084
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dora compares

By the 2011 count Dora is the 81st largest of the 160 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 626 residents. Its 314.62 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1052.

Getting to Dora

Dora is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Dora as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Dora from other places

Dora lies about 32 km from Balaghat, and the nearest railway station is Titwa, about 26 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 Dora
Nearest railway station	Titwa	26 km
Tehsil headquarters	Paraswada	32 km
District headquarters	Balaghat	32 km
Nearest town	Bālāghāt	32 km

Villages closest to Dora

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dora village had a population of 521. That makes it the 81st largest of the 160 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 626 residents.

Dora village has 250 males and 271 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dora has about 1084 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1052.

Dora covers 314.62 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Dora falls under Paraswada tehsil of Balaghat district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Dora is Titwa, about 26 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 village for Dora.

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

Dora is in Paraswada tehsil of Balaghat district. Titwa is about 26 km away. Paraswada is about 32 km away. Balaghat is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.