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About Doka Village

Doka is a mid sized village in Kaij tehsil, in the district of Bid, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 801, made up of 427 males and 374 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 876 females per 1000 males. The village covers 385.57 hectares hectares.

Doka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Doka village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Bid
Tehsil Kaij
Area (hectares) 385.57 hectares
Population 801
Male Population 427
Female Population 374
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 876
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Doka compares

By the 2011 count Doka is the 100th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,761 residents. Its 385.57 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 905.

Getting to Doka

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

Doka lies about 46 km from Bid, and the nearest railway station is Kalamb Road, about 30 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 Doka
Nearest town Kallam 7.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Kaij 11 km
Nearest railway station Kalamb Road 30 km
District headquarters Bid 46 km

Villages closest to Doka

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Doka village had a population of 801. That makes it the 100th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,761 residents.

Doka village has 427 males and 374 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Doka has about 876 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 905.

Doka covers 385.57 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Doka falls under Kaij tehsil of Bid district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Doka is Kalamb Road, about 30 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 10+ km distance for Doka.

Doka is about 46 km from Bid in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Doka is in Kaij tehsil of Bid district. Kallam is about 7.8 km away. Kaij is about 11 km away. Kalamb Road is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Hadgaon (under 2 km), Warapgaon (2.8 km) and Satephalwadi (3.3 km).

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

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