About Dandi Village

Dandi is a large village in Karchhana tehsil, in the district of Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,185, made up of 2,186 males and 1,999 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 914 females per 1000 males. The village covers 116.81 hectares hectares.

Dandi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dandi village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Allahabad
Tehsil	Karchhana
Area (hectares)	116.81 hectares
Population	4,185
Male Population	2,186
Female Population	1,999
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	914
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available

How Dandi compares

By the 2011 count Dandi is the 29th largest of the 303 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,879 residents. Its 116.81 hectares work out to about 36 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 912.

Getting to Dandi

Dandi 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 Dandi as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Dandi from other places

Dandi lies about 4.5 km from Allahabad, and the nearest railway station is Naini Junction, about 2.1 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 Dandi
Nearest railway station	Naini Junction	2.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Karchhana	4.5 km
District headquarters	Allahabad	4.5 km
Nearest town	Prayagraj	4.5 km

Villages closest to Dandi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dandi village had a population of 4,185. That makes it the 29th largest of the 303 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,879 residents.

Dandi village has 2,186 males and 1,999 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dandi has about 914 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 912.

Dandi covers 116.81 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 36 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Dandi falls under Karchhana tehsil of Allahabad district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Dandi is Naini Junction, about 2.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Dandi.

Dandi is about 4.5 km from Allahabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dandi is in Karchhana tehsil of Allahabad district. Naini Junction is about 2.1 km away. Karchhana is about 4.5 km away. Allahabad is about 4.5 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.