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About Dhakeri Village

Dhakeri is a mid sized village in Nazira tehsil, in the district of Sivasagar, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 749, made up of 398 males and 351 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 882 females per 1000 males. The village covers 242.7 hectares hectares.

Dhakeri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dhakeri village
Description Value
State Assam
District Sivasagar
Tehsil Nazira
Area (hectares) 242.7 hectares
Population 749
Male Population 398
Female Population 351
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 882
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Dhakeri compares

By the 2011 count Dhakeri is the 87th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,455 residents. Its 242.7 hectares work out to about 3.1 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 950.

Getting to Dhakeri

Dhakeri is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Dhakeri as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Chetia Katoni, Chutia, Deogharia Duwarah and Deopani Gohain. 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 Dhakeri

As per the Census of India 2011, Dhakeri village had a population of 749. That makes it the 87th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,455 residents.

Dhakeri village has 398 males and 351 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dhakeri has about 882 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 950.

Dhakeri covers 242.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dhakeri falls under Nazira tehsil of Sivasagar district in Assam.

The census record for Dhakeri notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

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

Dhakeri is in Nazira tehsil of Sivasagar 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 Dhakeri today is likely to be higher.

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