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About Dahi Village

Dahi is a small village in Sakaldiha tehsil, in the district of Chandauli, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 136, made up of 80 males and 56 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 700 females per 1000 males. The village covers 24 hectares hectares.

Dahi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dahi village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Chandauli
Tehsil Sakaldiha
Area (hectares) 24 hectares
Population 136
Male Population 80
Female Population 56
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 700
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Dahi compares

By the 2011 count Dahi is the 396th largest of the 437 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,503 residents. Its 24 hectares work out to about 5.7 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 929.

Getting to Dahi

Dahi 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 Dahi as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available. 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 Dahi from other places

Dahi lies about 22 km from Chandauli, and the nearest railway station is Jeonathpur, about 3.4 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 Dahi
Nearest town Rāmnagar 2.5 km
Nearest railway station Jeonathpur 3.4 km
District headquarters Chandauli 22 km
Tehsil headquarters Sakaldiha 23 km

Villages closest to Dahi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dahi village had a population of 136. That makes it the 396th largest of the 437 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,503 residents.

Dahi village has 80 males and 56 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dahi has about 700 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 929.

Dahi covers 24 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dahi falls under Sakaldiha tehsil of Chandauli district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Dahi is Jeonathpur, about 3.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available for Dahi.

Dahi is about 22 km from Chandauli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dahi is in Sakaldiha tehsil of Chandauli district. Rāmnagar is about 2.5 km away. Jeonathpur is about 3.4 km away. Chandauli is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sai (2.9 km), Akabalpur (5.2 km) and Chakia Jamalpur (5.3 km).

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

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