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About Dharsan Village

Dharsan is a mid sized village in Sagri tehsil, in the district of Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,340, made up of 697 males and 643 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 923 females per 1000 males. The village covers 147.91 hectares hectares.

Dharsan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dharsan village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Azamgarh
Tehsil Sagri
Area (hectares) 147.91 hectares
Population 1,340
Male Population 697
Female Population 643
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 923
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 Dharsan compares

By the 2011 count Dharsan is the 194th largest of the 835 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 983 residents. Its 147.91 hectares work out to about 9.1 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1014.

Getting to Dharsan

Dharsan is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Dharsan 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 Dharsan from other places

Dharsan lies about 11 km from Azamgarh. 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 Dharsan
District headquarters Azamgarh 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Sagri 18 km

Villages closest to Dharsan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dharsan village had a population of 1,340. That makes it the 194th largest of the 835 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 983 residents.

Dharsan village has 697 males and 643 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dharsan has about 923 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1014.

Dharsan covers 147.91 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.1 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Dharsan falls under Sagri tehsil of Azamgarh district in Uttar Pradesh.

The census record for Dharsan notes the nearest railway station 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 Dharsan.

Dharsan is about 11 km from Azamgarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dharsan is in Sagri tehsil of Azamgarh district. Azamgarh is about 11 km away. Sagri is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sohari (under 2 km), Kharagpur (under 2 km) and Gauri (1.6 km).

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

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