About Dhakra Village

Dhakra is a mid sized village in Chakarnagar tehsil, in the district of Etawah, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 916, made up of 483 males and 433 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 896 females per 1000 males. The village covers 454.65 hectares hectares.

Dhakra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dhakra village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Etawah
Tehsil	Chakarnagar
Area (hectares)	454.65 hectares
Population	916
Male Population	483
Female Population	433
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	896
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dhakra compares

By the 2011 count Dhakra is the 66th largest of the 105 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,398 residents. Its 454.65 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is well above the tehsil average of 847.

Getting to Dhakra

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

Dhakra lies about 27 km from Etawah, and the nearest railway station is Ekdil, about 24 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 Dhakra
Tehsil headquarters	Chakarnagar	3.7 km
Nearest railway station	Ekdil	24 km
Nearest town	Bharthana	26 km
District headquarters	Etawah	27 km

Villages closest to Dhakra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dhakra village had a population of 916. That makes it the 66th largest of the 105 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,398 residents.

Dhakra village has 483 males and 433 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dhakra has about 896 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is well above the tehsil average of 847.

Dhakra covers 454.65 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dhakra falls under Chakarnagar tehsil of Etawah district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Dhakra is Ekdil, about 24 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 and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Dhakra.

Dhakra is about 27 km from Etawah in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dhakra is in Chakarnagar tehsil of Etawah district. Chakarnagar is about 3.7 km away. Ekdil is about 24 km away. Bharthana is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.