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About Detakhurd Village

Detakhurd is a large village in Gabhana tehsil, in the district of Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,038, made up of 1,624 males and 1,414 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 871 females per 1000 males. The village covers 639.74 hectares hectares.

Detakhurd Overview

Census 2011 figures for Detakhurd village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Aligarh
Tehsil Gabhana
Area (hectares) 639.74 hectares
Population 3,038
Male Population 1,624
Female Population 1,414
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 871
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Detakhurd compares

By the 2011 count Detakhurd is the 22nd largest of the 153 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,953 residents. Its 639.74 hectares work out to about 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 881.

Getting to Detakhurd

Detakhurd is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Detakhurd as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Detakhurd from other places

Detakhurd lies about 40 km from Aligarh, and the nearest railway station is Kamalpur, about 7.9 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 Detakhurd
Nearest railway station Kamalpur 7.9 km
Nearest town Khurja 15 km
Tehsil headquarters Gabhana 21 km
District headquarters Aligarh 40 km

Villages closest to Detakhurd

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

Common questions about Detakhurd

As per the Census of India 2011, Detakhurd village had a population of 3,038. That makes it the 22nd largest of the 153 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,953 residents.

Detakhurd village has 1,624 males and 1,414 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Detakhurd has about 871 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 881.

Detakhurd covers 639.74 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Detakhurd falls under Gabhana tehsil of Aligarh district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Detakhurd is Kamalpur, about 7.9 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Detakhurd.

Detakhurd is about 40 km from Aligarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Detakhurd is in Gabhana tehsil of Aligarh district. Kamalpur is about 7.9 km away. Khurja is about 15 km away. Gabhana is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Deta Saidpur (under 2 km), Rupnagar (2.1 km) and Sakipur (2.3 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Detakhurd today is likely to be higher.

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