About Dunka Village

Dunka is one of the larger villages in Meerganj tehsil, in the district of Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 9,662, made up of 5,114 males and 4,548 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 889 females per 1000 males. The village covers 313.47 hectares hectares.

Dunka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dunka village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Bareilly
Tehsil	Meerganj
Area (hectares)	313.47 hectares
Population	9,662
Male Population	5,114
Female Population	4,548
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	889
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dunka compares

By the 2011 count Dunka is the largest village in the tehsil by population, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,858 residents. Its 313.47 hectares work out to about 31 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 873.

Getting to Dunka

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

Dunka lies about 30 km from Bareilly, and the nearest railway station is Nagaria Sadat, 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 Dunka
Nearest railway station	Nagaria Sadat	12 km
Nearest town	Shīshgarh	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Meerganj	30 km
District headquarters	Bareilly	30 km

Villages closest to Dunka

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dunka village had a population of 9,662. That makes it the largest village in the tehsil by population, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,858 residents.

Dunka village has 5,114 males and 4,548 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dunka has about 889 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 873.

Dunka covers 313.47 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 31 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Dunka falls under Meerganj tehsil of Bareilly district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Dunka is Nagaria Sadat, 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Dunka.

Dunka is about 30 km from Bareilly in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dunka is in Meerganj tehsil of Bareilly district. Nagaria Sadat is about 12 km away. Shīshgarh is about 13 km away. Meerganj is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.