About Dhanej Village

Dhanej is a mid sized village in Nawanagar tehsil, in the district of Buxar, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 524, made up of 244 males and 280 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,148 females per 1000 males. The village covers 112.1 hectares hectares.

How Dhanej compares

By the 2011 count Dhanej is the 67th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,775 residents. Its 112.1 hectares work out to about 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 965.

Getting to Dhanej

Dhanej is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Dhanej as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Dhanej from other places

Dhanej lies about 26 km from Buxar. 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.

Villages closest to Dhanej

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Nawanagar tehsil.

• Dafar Dehri under 2 km
• Kunjnara under 2 km
• Haroj under 2 km
• Belaon 1.5 km
• Sikraur 2.0 km
• Gorhiya 2.2 km

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.