About Dekuli Village

Dekuli is a large village in Makhdumpur tehsil, in the district of Jehanabad, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,817, made up of 1,507 males and 1,310 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 869 females per 1000 males. The village covers 189 hectares hectares.

Dekuli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dekuli village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Jehanabad
Tehsil	Makhdumpur
Area (hectares)	189 hectares
Population	2,817
Male Population	1,507
Female Population	1,310
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	869
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Dekuli compares

By the 2011 count Dekuli is the 25th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,074 residents. Its 189 hectares work out to about 15 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 929.

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 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Dekuli from other places

Dekuli lies about 8.0 km from Jehanabad, and the nearest railway station is Niyazipur, about under 2 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	Niyazipur	under 2 km
District headquarters	Jehanabad	8.0 km
Nearest town	Jahānābād	8.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Makhdumpur	8.6 km

Villages closest to Dekuli

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dekuli village had a population of 2,817. That makes it the 25th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,074 residents.

Dekuli village has 1,507 males and 1,310 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dekuli has about 869 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 929.

Dekuli covers 189 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 15 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Dekuli falls under Makhdumpur tehsil of Jehanabad district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Dekuli is Niyazipur, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Dekuli.

Dekuli is about 8.0 km from Jehanabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dekuli is in Makhdumpur tehsil of Jehanabad district. Niyazipur is about under 2 km away. Jehanabad is about 8.0 km away. Jahānābād is about 8.0 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.