About Dhakurai Village

Dhakurai is a small village in Pichhore tehsil, in the district of Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 207, made up of 117 males and 90 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 769 females per 1000 males. The village covers 55.34 hectares hectares.

Dhakurai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dhakurai village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Shivpuri
Tehsil	Pichhore
Area (hectares)	55.34 hectares
Population	207
Male Population	117
Female Population	90
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	769
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 Dhakurai compares

By the 2011 count Dhakurai is the 159th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,408 residents. Its 55.34 hectares work out to about 3.7 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 877.

Getting to Dhakurai

Dhakurai is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Dhakurai 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 Dhakurai from other places

Dhakurai lies about 43 km from Shivpuri, and the nearest railway station is Basai, about 39 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 Dhakurai
Tehsil headquarters	Pichhore	18 km
Nearest town	Karera	29 km
Nearest railway station	Basai	39 km
District headquarters	Shivpuri	43 km

Villages closest to Dhakurai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dhakurai village had a population of 207. That makes it the 159th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,408 residents.

Dhakurai village has 117 males and 90 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dhakurai has about 769 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 877.

Dhakurai covers 55.34 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dhakurai falls under Pichhore tehsil of Shivpuri district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Dhakurai is Basai, about 39 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 Dhakurai.

Dhakurai is about 43 km from Shivpuri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dhakurai is in Pichhore tehsil of Shivpuri district. Pichhore is about 18 km away. Karera is about 29 km away. Basai is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.