About Dhakrai Village

Dhakrai is a mid sized village in Sagar tehsil, in the district of Sagar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,402, made up of 729 males and 673 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 923 females per 1000 males. The village covers 666.06 hectares hectares.

Dhakrai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dhakrai village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Sagar
Tehsil	Sagar
Area (hectares)	666.06 hectares
Population	1,402
Male Population	729
Female Population	673
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	923
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dhakrai compares

By the 2011 count Dhakrai is the 93rd largest of the 342 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,167 residents. Its 666.06 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 884.

Getting to Dhakrai

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

How far is Dhakrai from other places

Dhakrai lies about 27 km from Sagar, and the nearest railway station is Nariaoli, about 21 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 Dhakrai
Nearest town	Rāhatgarh	12 km
Nearest railway station	Nariaoli	21 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sagar	27 km

Villages closest to Dhakrai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dhakrai village had a population of 1,402. That makes it the 93rd largest of the 342 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,167 residents.

Dhakrai village has 729 males and 673 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dhakrai has about 923 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 884.

Dhakrai covers 666.06 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dhakrai falls under Sagar tehsil of Sagar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Dhakrai is Nariaoli, about 21 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Dhakrai.

Dhakrai is about 27 km from Sagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dhakrai is in Sagar tehsil of Sagar district. Rāhatgarh is about 12 km away. Nariaoli is about 21 km away. Sagar is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.