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About Dhanawa Village

Dhanawa is a large village in Nanpara tehsil, in the district of Bahraich, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,311, made up of 1,236 males and 1,075 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 870 females per 1000 males. The village covers 625.17 hectares hectares.

Dhanawa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dhanawa village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Bahraich
Tehsil Nanpara
Area (hectares) 625.17 hectares
Population 2,311
Male Population 1,236
Female Population 1,075
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 870
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Dhanawa compares

By the 2011 count Dhanawa is the 214th largest of the 400 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,934 residents. Its 625.17 hectares work out to about 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 895.

Getting to Dhanawa

Dhanawa is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Dhanawa as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Dhanawa from other places

Dhanawa lies about 26 km from Bahraich, and the nearest railway station is Matera, about 12 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 Dhanawa
Nearest railway station Matera 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Nanpara 14 km
Nearest town Nānpāra 14 km
District headquarters Bahraich 26 km

Villages closest to Dhanawa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dhanawa village had a population of 2,311. That makes it the 214th largest of the 400 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,934 residents.

Dhanawa village has 1,236 males and 1,075 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dhanawa has about 870 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 895.

Dhanawa covers 625.17 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dhanawa falls under Nanpara tehsil of Bahraich district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Dhanawa is Matera, about 12 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 village for Dhanawa.

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

Dhanawa is in Nanpara tehsil of Bahraich district. Matera is about 12 km away. Nanpara is about 14 km away. Nānpāra is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Rajapur (under 2 km), Rajapur Girant (under 2 km) and Rajapur Janub (under 2 km).

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

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