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About Duba Village

Duba is a mid sized village in Kharibari tehsil, in the district of Darjiling, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 695, made up of 372 males and 323 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 868 females per 1000 males. The village covers 130.71 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 734427, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Duba Overview

Census 2011 figures for Duba village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Darjiling
Tehsil Kharibari
Pincode 734427
Area (hectares) 130.71 hectares
Population 695
Male Population 372
Female Population 323
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 868
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Duba compares

By the 2011 count Duba is the 47th largest of the 73 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,334 residents. Its 130.71 hectares work out to about 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 974.

Getting to Duba

Duba is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Duba as Available within 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. The nearest villages by name are Deoanbhita, Dhulia, Dhuliar Chhat and Dhupibhita. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Duba

As per the Census of India 2011, Duba village had a population of 695. That makes it the 47th largest of the 73 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,334 residents.

Duba village has 372 males and 323 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Duba has about 868 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 974.

The pincode recorded for Duba is 734427. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Duba covers 130.71 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Duba falls under Kharibari tehsil of Darjiling district in West Bengal.

The census record for Duba notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance.

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

Duba is in Kharibari tehsil of Darjiling district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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