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About Durukulia Village

Durukulia is a small village in Champua tehsil, in the district of Kendujhar, Odisha. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 209, made up of 104 males and 105 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,010 females per 1000 males. The village covers 188 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 758044, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Durukulia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Durukulia village
Description Value
State Odisha
District Kendujhar
Tehsil Champua
Pincode 758044
Area (hectares) 188 hectares
Population 209
Male Population 104
Female Population 105
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,010
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Durukulia compares

By the 2011 count Durukulia is the 45th largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 804 residents. Its 188 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1004.

Getting to Durukulia

Durukulia is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Durukulia as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Durukulia from other places

Durukulia lies about 39 km from Kendujhar, and the nearest railway station is Dangoaposi, 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 Durukulia
Tehsil headquarters Champua 13 km
Nearest railway station Dangoaposi 26 km
Nearest town Joda 31 km
District headquarters Kendujhar 39 km

Villages closest to Durukulia

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Durukulia village had a population of 209. That makes it the 45th largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 804 residents.

Durukulia village has 104 males and 105 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Durukulia has about 1010 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Durukulia is 758044. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Durukulia covers 188 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.

Durukulia falls under Champua tehsil of Kendujhar district in Odisha.

The nearest railway station to Durukulia is Dangoaposi, 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 village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Durukulia.

Durukulia is about 39 km from Kendujhar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Durukulia is in Champua tehsil of Kendujhar district. Champua is about 13 km away. Dangoaposi is about 26 km away. Joda is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Hrudurampur (1.8 km), Katulikana (2.0 km) and Tiansiposi (2.8 km).

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

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