About Dhakhwa Village

Dhakhwa is a small village in Bansgaon tehsil, in the district of Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 35, made up of 18 males and 17 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 944 females per 1000 males. The village covers 19.88 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 273411, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dhakhwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dhakhwa village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Gorakhpur
Tehsil	Bansgaon
Pincode	273411
Area (hectares)	19.88 hectares
Population	35
Male Population	18
Female Population	17
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	944
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dhakhwa compares

By the 2011 count Dhakhwa is the 420th largest of the 443 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 932 residents. Its 19.88 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1003.

Getting to Dhakhwa

Dhakhwa is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Dhakhwa as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Dhakhwa from other places

Dhakhwa lies about 31 km from Gorakhpur, and the nearest railway station is Maghar, about 25 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 Dhakhwa
Tehsil headquarters	Bansgaon	16 km
Nearest railway station	Maghar	25 km
Nearest town	Khalīlābād	29 km
District headquarters	Gorakhpur	31 km

Villages closest to Dhakhwa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dhakhwa village had a population of 35. That makes it the 420th largest of the 443 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 932 residents.

Dhakhwa village has 18 males and 17 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dhakhwa has about 944 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1003.

The pincode recorded for Dhakhwa is 273411. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dhakhwa covers 19.88 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Dhakhwa falls under Bansgaon tehsil of Gorakhpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Dhakhwa is Maghar, about 25 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Dhakhwa.

Dhakhwa is about 31 km from Gorakhpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dhakhwa is in Bansgaon tehsil of Gorakhpur district. Bansgaon is about 16 km away. Maghar is about 25 km away. Khalīlābād is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.