About Dharanipur Village

Dharanipur is a small village in Rajpur tehsil, in the district of Buxar, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 265, made up of 137 males and 128 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 934 females per 1000 males. The village covers 83.25 hectares hectares.

Dharanipur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dharanipur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Buxar
Tehsil	Rajpur
Area (hectares)	83.25 hectares
Population	265
Male Population	137
Female Population	128
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	934
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dharanipur compares

By the 2011 count Dharanipur is the 141st largest of the 165 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,239 residents. Its 83.25 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 925.

Getting to Dharanipur

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

How far is Dharanipur from other places

Dharanipur lies about 28 km from Buxar, and the nearest railway station is Chausa, about 22 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 Dharanipur
Tehsil headquarters	Rajpur	13 km
Nearest railway station	Chausa	22 km
Nearest town	Nokha	27 km
District headquarters	Buxar	28 km

Villages closest to Dharanipur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dharanipur village had a population of 265. That makes it the 141st largest of the 165 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,239 residents.

Dharanipur village has 137 males and 128 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dharanipur has about 934 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 925.

Dharanipur covers 83.25 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dharanipur falls under Rajpur tehsil of Buxar district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Dharanipur is Chausa, about 22 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Dharanipur.

Dharanipur is about 28 km from Buxar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dharanipur is in Rajpur tehsil of Buxar district. Rajpur is about 13 km away. Chausa is about 22 km away. Nokha is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.