About Dumhan Village

Dumhan is a large village in Dudhi tehsil, in the district of Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,483, made up of 1,766 males and 1,717 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 972 females per 1000 males. The village covers 689.91 hectares hectares.

Dumhan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dumhan village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Sonbhadra
Tehsil	Dudhi
Area (hectares)	689.91 hectares
Population	3,483
Male Population	1,766
Female Population	1,717
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	972
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Dumhan compares

By the 2011 count Dumhan is the 31st largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,753 residents. Its 689.91 hectares work out to about 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 943.

Getting to Dumhan

Dumhan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Dumhan as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Dumhan from other places

Dumhan lies about 55 km from Sonbhadra, and the nearest railway station is Jharokhas, about 3.1 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 Dumhan
Nearest railway station	Jharokhas	3.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dudhi	6.2 km
Nearest town	Renukūt	15 km
District headquarters	Sonbhadra	55 km

Villages closest to Dumhan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dumhan village had a population of 3,483. That makes it the 31st largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,753 residents.

Dumhan village has 1,766 males and 1,717 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dumhan has about 972 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 943.

Dumhan covers 689.91 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dumhan falls under Dudhi tehsil of Sonbhadra district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Dumhan is Jharokhas, about 3.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Dumhan.

Dumhan is about 55 km from Sonbhadra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dumhan is in Dudhi tehsil of Sonbhadra district. Jharokhas is about 3.1 km away. Dudhi is about 6.2 km away. Renukūt is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.