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About Deokali Village

Deokali is a small village in Harraiya tehsil, in the district of Basti, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 438, made up of 245 males and 193 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 788 females per 1000 males. The village covers 149.31 hectares hectares.

Deokali Overview

Census 2011 figures for Deokali village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Basti
Tehsil Harraiya
Area (hectares) 149.31 hectares
Population 438
Male Population 245
Female Population 193
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 788
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Deokali compares

By the 2011 count Deokali is the 720th largest of the 1332 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 641 residents. Its 149.31 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 965.

Getting to Deokali

The census records public bus service for Deokali as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Deokali from other places

Deokali lies about 43 km from Basti, and the nearest railway station is Uska Bazar, about 19 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 Deokali
Nearest town Mehndāwal 7.7 km
Nearest railway station Uska Bazar 19 km
Tehsil headquarters Harraiya 24 km
District headquarters Basti 43 km

Villages closest to Deokali

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Deokali village had a population of 438. That makes it the 720th largest of the 1332 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 641 residents.

Deokali village has 245 males and 193 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Deokali has about 788 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 965.

Deokali covers 149.31 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Deokali falls under Harraiya tehsil of Basti district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Deokali is Uska Bazar, about 19 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Deokali.

Deokali is about 43 km from Basti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Deokali is in Harraiya tehsil of Basti district. Mehndāwal is about 7.7 km away. Uska Bazar is about 19 km away. Harraiya is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Deokhal (under 2 km), Khaprahi (under 2 km) and Taraini (2.5 km).

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

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