About Dhekanapani Village

Dhekanapani is a small village in Hemgir tehsil, in the district of Sundargarh, Odisha. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 92, made up of 49 males and 43 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 878 females per 1000 males. The village covers 123 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 770075, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dhekanapani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dhekanapani village
Description	Value
State	Odisha
District	Sundargarh
Tehsil	Hemgir
Pincode	770075
Area (hectares)	123 hectares
Population	92
Male Population	49
Female Population	43
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	878
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dhekanapani compares

By the 2011 count Dhekanapani is the 97th largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 573 residents. Its 123 hectares work out to about 0.7 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 973.

Getting to Dhekanapani

Dhekanapani is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Dhekanapani as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Dhekanapani from other places

Dhekanapani lies about 47 km from Sundargarh, and the nearest railway station is Daghora, about 7.5 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 Dhekanapani
Nearest railway station	Daghora	7.5 km
Nearest town	Belpahar	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Hemgir	16 km
District headquarters	Sundargarh	47 km

Villages closest to Dhekanapani

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dhekanapani village had a population of 92. That makes it the 97th largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 573 residents.

Dhekanapani village has 49 males and 43 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dhekanapani has about 878 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 973.

The pincode recorded for Dhekanapani is 770075. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dhekanapani covers 123 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Dhekanapani falls under Hemgir tehsil of Sundargarh district in Odisha.

The nearest railway station to Dhekanapani is Daghora, about 7.5 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Dhekanapani.

Dhekanapani is about 47 km from Sundargarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dhekanapani is in Hemgir tehsil of Sundargarh district. Daghora is about 7.5 km away. Belpahar is about 13 km away. Hemgir is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.