About Dharapur Village

Dharapur is a large village in Shehera tehsil, in the district of Panch Mahals, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,025, made up of 1,596 males and 1,429 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 895 females per 1000 males. The village covers 849.88 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 389220, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dharapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dharapur village
Description	Value
State	Gujarat
District	Panch Mahals
Tehsil	Shehera
Pincode	389220
Area (hectares)	849.88 hectares
Population	3,025
Male Population	1,596
Female Population	1,429
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	895
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dharapur compares

By the 2011 count Dharapur is the 34th largest of the 90 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 2,871 residents. Its 849.88 hectares work out to about 3.6 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 949.

Getting to Dharapur

Dharapur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Dharapur as Available within village. 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 Dharapur from other places

Dharapur lies about 31 km from Panch Mahals, and the nearest railway station is Demai, about 36 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 Dharapur
Nearest town	Lūnāvāda	4.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shehera	22 km
District headquarters	Panch Mahals	31 km
Nearest railway station	Demai	36 km

Villages closest to Dharapur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dharapur village had a population of 3,025. That makes it the 34th largest of the 90 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,871 residents.

Dharapur village has 1,596 males and 1,429 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dharapur has about 895 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 949.

The pincode recorded for Dharapur is 389220. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dharapur covers 849.88 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dharapur falls under Shehera tehsil of Panch Mahals district in Gujarat.

The nearest railway station to Dharapur is Demai, about 36 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Dharapur.

Dharapur is about 31 km from Panch Mahals in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dharapur is in Shehera tehsil of Panch Mahals district. Lūnāvāda is about 4.9 km away. Shehera is about 22 km away. Panch Mahals is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.