About Dura Village

Dura is a small village in Lansdowne tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 8, made up of 4 males and 4 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 19.05 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246155, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dura village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	Lansdowne
Pincode	246155
Area (hectares)	19.05 hectares
Population	8
Male Population	4
Female Population	4
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dura compares

By the 2011 count Dura is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 148 residents. Its 19.05 hectares work out to about 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1243.

Getting to Dura

Dura is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Dura 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Dura from other places

Dura lies about 5.4 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, 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 Dura
Tehsil headquarters	Lansdowne	2.3 km
District headquarters	Garhwal	5.4 km
Nearest town	Kotdwāra	16 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	16 km

Villages closest to Dura

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dura village had a population of 8. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 148 residents.

Dura village has 4 males and 4 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dura has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1243.

The pincode recorded for Dura is 246155. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dura covers 19.05 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Dura falls under Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Dura is Kotdwara, about 16 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Dura.

Dura is about 5.4 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dura is in Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district. Lansdowne is about 2.3 km away. Garhwal is about 5.4 km away. Kotdwāra is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.