About Dakhi Village

Dakhi is a mid sized village in Kadwa tehsil, in the district of Katihar, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,227, made up of 647 males and 580 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 896 females per 1000 males. The village covers 109 hectares hectares.

Dakhi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dakhi village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Katihar
Tehsil	Kadwa
Area (hectares)	109 hectares
Population	1,227
Male Population	647
Female Population	580
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	896
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dakhi compares

By the 2011 count Dakhi is the 87th largest of the 205 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,532 residents. Its 109 hectares work out to about 11 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 921.

Getting to Dakhi

Dakhi is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Dakhi as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Dakhi from other places

Dakhi lies about 84 km from Katihar, and the nearest railway station is Gogipothia Halt, about 5.3 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 Dakhi
Nearest railway station	Gogipothia Halt	5.3 km
Nearest town	Forbesganj	7.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kadwa	16 km
District headquarters	Katihar	84 km

Villages closest to Dakhi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dakhi village had a population of 1,227. That makes it the 87th largest of the 205 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,532 residents.

Dakhi village has 647 males and 580 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dakhi has about 896 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 921.

Dakhi covers 109 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 11 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Dakhi falls under Kadwa tehsil of Katihar district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Dakhi is Gogipothia Halt, about 5.3 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 10+ km distance for Dakhi.

Dakhi is about 84 km from Katihar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dakhi is in Kadwa tehsil of Katihar district. Gogipothia Halt is about 5.3 km away. Forbesganj is about 7.2 km away. Kadwa is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.