About Duskhede Village

Duskhede is a mid sized village in Yawal tehsil, in the district of Jalgaon, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,662, made up of 867 males and 795 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 917 females per 1000 males. The village covers 388.41 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 424203, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Duskhede Overview

Census 2011 figures for Duskhede village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Jalgaon
Tehsil	Yawal
Pincode	424203
Area (hectares)	388.41 hectares
Population	1,662
Male Population	867
Female Population	795
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	917
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Duskhede compares

By the 2011 count Duskhede is the 38th largest of the 89 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,348 residents. Its 388.41 hectares work out to about 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 948.

Getting to Duskhede

Duskhede is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Duskhede 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Duskhede from other places

Duskhede lies about 20 km from Jalgaon, and the nearest railway station is Chavalkhede, about 6.6 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 Duskhede
Nearest railway station	Chavalkhede	6.6 km
Nearest town	Dharangaon	14 km
District headquarters	Jalgaon	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Yawal	34 km

Villages closest to Duskhede

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

Most viewed villages

Related Villages

Common questions about Duskhede

As per the Census of India 2011, Duskhede village had a population of 1,662. That makes it the 38th largest of the 89 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,348 residents.

Duskhede village has 867 males and 795 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Duskhede has about 917 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 948.

The pincode recorded for Duskhede is 424203. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Duskhede covers 388.41 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Duskhede falls under Yawal tehsil of Jalgaon district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Duskhede is Chavalkhede, about 6.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Duskhede.

Duskhede is about 20 km from Jalgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Duskhede is in Yawal tehsil of Jalgaon district. Chavalkhede is about 6.6 km away. Dharangaon is about 14 km away. Jalgaon is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.