About Dhanipur Village

Dhanipur is a small village in Durgawati tehsil, in the district of Kaimur, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 389, made up of 208 males and 181 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 870 females per 1000 males. The village covers 69 hectares hectares.

Dhanipur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dhanipur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Kaimur
Tehsil	Durgawati
Area (hectares)	69 hectares
Population	389
Male Population	208
Female Population	181
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	870
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Dhanipur compares

By the 2011 count Dhanipur is the 76th largest of the 89 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,528 residents. Its 69 hectares work out to about 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 939.

Getting to Dhanipur

Dhanipur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Dhanipur as Available within 5 - 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Dhanipur from other places

Dhanipur lies about 22 km from Kaimur, and the nearest railway station is Bansdih Road, about 8.2 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 Dhanipur
Nearest railway station	Bansdih Road	8.2 km
Nearest town	Bānsdīh	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Durgawati	22 km
District headquarters	Kaimur	22 km

Villages closest to Dhanipur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dhanipur village had a population of 389. That makes it the 76th largest of the 89 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,528 residents.

Dhanipur village has 208 males and 181 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dhanipur has about 870 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 939.

Dhanipur covers 69 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dhanipur falls under Durgawati tehsil of Kaimur district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Dhanipur is Bansdih Road, about 8.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

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

Dhanipur is about 22 km from Kaimur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dhanipur is in Durgawati tehsil of Kaimur district. Bansdih Road is about 8.2 km away. Bānsdīh is about 16 km away. Durgawati is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.