About Dhakran Village

Dhakran is a small village in Bhulath tehsil, in the district of Kapurthala, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 278, made up of 154 males and 124 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 805 females per 1000 males. The village covers 69.6 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144619, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dhakran Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dhakran village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Kapurthala
Tehsil	Bhulath
Pincode	144619
Area (hectares)	69.6 hectares
Population	278
Male Population	154
Female Population	124
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	805
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dhakran compares

By the 2011 count Dhakran is the 65th largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 890 residents. Its 69.6 hectares work out to about 4.0 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 975.

Getting to Dhakran

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

Dhakran lies about 26 km from Kapurthala, and the nearest railway station is Ramidi, about 16 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 Dhakran
Nearest railway station	Ramidi	16 km
Nearest town	Kartārpur	18 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bhulath	26 km
District headquarters	Kapurthala	26 km

Villages closest to Dhakran

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dhakran village had a population of 278. That makes it the 65th largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 890 residents.

Dhakran village has 154 males and 124 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dhakran has about 805 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 975.

The pincode recorded for Dhakran is 144619. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dhakran covers 69.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dhakran falls under Bhulath tehsil of Kapurthala district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Dhakran is Ramidi, about 16 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 village for Dhakran.

Dhakran is about 26 km from Kapurthala in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dhakran is in Bhulath tehsil of Kapurthala district. Ramidi is about 16 km away. Kartārpur is about 18 km away. Bhulath is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.