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About Doba Village

Doba is a small village in Lohaghat tehsil, in the district of Champawat, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 91, made up of 48 males and 43 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 896 females per 1000 males. The village covers 64.02 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262527, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Doba Overview

Census 2011 figures for Doba village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Champawat
Tehsil Lohaghat
Pincode 262527
Area (hectares) 64.02 hectares
Population 91
Male Population 48
Female Population 43
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 896
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Doba compares

By the 2011 count Doba is the 199th largest of the 262 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 298 residents. Its 64.02 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1057.

Getting to Doba

Doba is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Doba as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Doba from other places

Doba lies about 25 km from Champawat, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 43 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 Doba
Tehsil headquarters Lohaghat 21 km
District headquarters Champawat 25 km
Nearest town Almora 26 km
Nearest railway station Kathgodam 43 km

Villages closest to Doba

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Doba village had a population of 91. That makes it the 199th largest of the 262 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 298 residents.

Doba village has 48 males and 43 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Doba has about 896 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1057.

The pincode recorded for Doba is 262527. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Doba covers 64.02 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Doba falls under Lohaghat tehsil of Champawat district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Doba is Kathgodam, about 43 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 10+ km distance for Doba.

Doba is about 25 km from Champawat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Doba is in Lohaghat tehsil of Champawat district. Lohaghat is about 21 km away. Champawat is about 25 km away. Almora is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Tak (under 2 km), Jamar (1.5 km) and Jamarsawn (1.5 km).

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

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