About Dhakane Village

Dhakane is a mid sized village in Shahapur tehsil, in the district of Thane, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,882, made up of 1,036 males and 846 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 817 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1123.46 hectares hectares.

Dhakane Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dhakane village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Thane
Tehsil	Shahapur
Area (hectares)	1123.46 hectares
Population	1,882
Male Population	1,036
Female Population	846
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	817
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dhakane compares

By the 2011 count Dhakane is the 28th largest of the 213 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,111 residents. Its 1123.46 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 970.

Getting to Dhakane

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

Dhakane lies about 73 km from Thane, and the nearest railway station is Kasara, about 9.6 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 Dhakane
Nearest railway station	Kasara	9.6 km
Nearest town	Igatpuri	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shahapur	26 km
District headquarters	Thane	73 km

Villages closest to Dhakane

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dhakane village had a population of 1,882. That makes it the 28th largest of the 213 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,111 residents.

Dhakane village has 1,036 males and 846 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dhakane has about 817 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 970.

Dhakane covers 1123.46 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Dhakane falls under Shahapur tehsil of Thane district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Dhakane is Kasara, about 9.6 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 Dhakane.

Dhakane is about 73 km from Thane in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dhakane is in Shahapur tehsil of Thane district. Kasara is about 9.6 km away. Igatpuri is about 13 km away. Shahapur is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.