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About Dekuli Village

Dekuli is a large village in Bahadurpur tehsil, in the district of Darbhanga, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,927, made up of 2,624 males and 2,303 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 878 females per 1000 males. The village covers 160 hectares hectares.

Dekuli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dekuli village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Darbhanga
Tehsil Bahadurpur
Area (hectares) 160 hectares
Population 4,927
Male Population 2,624
Female Population 2,303
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 878
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Dekuli compares

By the 2011 count Dekuli is the 8th largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 2,130 residents. Its 160 hectares work out to about 31 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 898.

Getting to Dekuli

Dekuli is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Dekuli 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Dekuli from other places

Dekuli lies about 50 km from Darbhanga, and the nearest railway station is Harnagar, about 8.7 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 Dekuli
Nearest railway station Harnagar 8.7 km
Nearest town Rosera 18 km
Tehsil headquarters Bahadurpur 23 km
District headquarters Darbhanga 50 km

Villages closest to Dekuli

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

Common questions about Dekuli

As per the Census of India 2011, Dekuli village had a population of 4,927. That makes it the 8th largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,130 residents.

Dekuli village has 2,624 males and 2,303 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dekuli has about 878 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 898.

Dekuli covers 160 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 31 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Dekuli falls under Bahadurpur tehsil of Darbhanga district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Dekuli is Harnagar, about 8.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Dekuli.

Dekuli is about 50 km from Darbhanga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dekuli is in Bahadurpur tehsil of Darbhanga district. Harnagar is about 8.7 km away. Rosera is about 18 km away. Bahadurpur is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Basatpur (1.9 km), Chakka (3.4 km) and Bastauli (4.7 km).

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

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