About Dakhinganwa Village

Dakhinganwa is one of the larger villages in Wazirganj tehsil, in the district of Gaya, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 7,386, made up of 3,837 males and 3,549 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 925 females per 1000 males. The village covers 379 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 805131, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

How Dakhinganwa compares

By the 2011 count Dakhinganwa is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,607 residents. Its 379 hectares work out to about 19 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 952.

Getting to Dakhinganwa

Dakhinganwa 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 Dakhinganwa 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 village. The nearest villages by name are Bodh Chak, Budhaul, Burhgharea and Chanda Buzurg. 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.