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About Doriya Village

Doriya is a small village in Jakhania tehsil, in the district of Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 258, made up of 131 males and 127 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 969 females per 1000 males. The village covers 47.61 hectares hectares.

Doriya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Doriya village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Ghazipur
Tehsil Jakhania
Area (hectares) 47.61 hectares
Population 258
Male Population 131
Female Population 127
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 969
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Doriya compares

By the 2011 count Doriya is the 385th largest of the 481 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,081 residents. Its 47.61 hectares work out to about 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1007.

Getting to Doriya

The census records public bus service for Doriya as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Doriya from other places

Doriya lies about 114 km from Ghazipur, and the nearest railway station is Mariahu, about 16 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 Doriya
Nearest town Machhlīshahr 5.3 km
Nearest railway station Mariahu 16 km
Tehsil headquarters Jakhania 20 km
District headquarters Ghazipur 114 km

Villages closest to Doriya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Doriya village had a population of 258. That makes it the 385th largest of the 481 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,081 residents.

Doriya village has 131 males and 127 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Doriya has about 969 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1007.

Doriya covers 47.61 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Doriya falls under Jakhania tehsil of Ghazipur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Doriya is Mariahu, about 16 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Doriya.

Doriya is about 114 km from Ghazipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Doriya is in Jakhania tehsil of Ghazipur district. Machhlīshahr is about 5.3 km away. Mariahu is about 16 km away. Jakhania is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dasrathpur (3.1 km), Rasulpur Barhat (3.8 km) and Tirkari Pur (3.9 km).

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

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