About Dhanawan Village

Dhanawan is a mid sized village in Daudnagar tehsil, in the district of Aurangabad, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,304, made up of 690 males and 614 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 890 females per 1000 males. The village covers 109 hectares hectares.

Dhanawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dhanawan village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Aurangabad
Tehsil	Daudnagar
Area (hectares)	109 hectares
Population	1,304
Male Population	690
Female Population	614
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	890
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dhanawan compares

By the 2011 count Dhanawan is the 37th largest of the 57 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,652 residents. Its 109 hectares work out to about 12 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 932.

Getting to Dhanawan

Dhanawan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Dhanawan as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Dhanawan from other places

Dhanawan lies about 26 km from Aurangabad, and the nearest railway station is Dewariya Kurmha Naresh Halt, about 15 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 Dhanawan
Tehsil headquarters	Daudnagar	6.0 km
Nearest railway station	Dewariya Kurmha Naresh Halt	15 km
District headquarters	Aurangabad	26 km

Villages closest to Dhanawan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dhanawan village had a population of 1,304. That makes it the 37th largest of the 57 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,652 residents.

Dhanawan village has 690 males and 614 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dhanawan has about 890 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 932.

Dhanawan covers 109 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 12 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Dhanawan falls under Daudnagar tehsil of Aurangabad district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Dhanawan is Dewariya Kurmha Naresh Halt, about 15 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Dhanawan.

Dhanawan is about 26 km from Aurangabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dhanawan is in Daudnagar tehsil of Aurangabad district. Daudnagar is about 6.0 km away. Dewariya Kurmha Naresh Halt is about 15 km away. Aurangabad is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.