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About Danwa Village

Danwa is a small village in Khajni tehsil, in the district of Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 85, made up of 36 males and 49 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,361 females per 1000 males. The village covers 23.02 hectares hectares.

Danwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Danwa village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Gorakhpur
Tehsil Khajni
Area (hectares) 23.02 hectares
Population 85
Male Population 36
Female Population 49
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,361
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Danwa compares

By the 2011 count Danwa is the 620th largest of the 666 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 846 residents. Its 23.02 hectares work out to about 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 993.

Getting to Danwa

Danwa 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 Danwa as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Danwa from other places

Danwa lies about 22 km from Gorakhpur, and the nearest railway station is Maghar, about 9.4 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 Danwa
Tehsil headquarters Khajni 8.0 km
Nearest railway station Maghar 9.4 km
Nearest town Khalīlābād 15 km
District headquarters Gorakhpur 22 km

Villages closest to Danwa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Danwa village had a population of 85. That makes it the 620th largest of the 666 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 846 residents.

Danwa village has 36 males and 49 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Danwa has about 1361 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 993.

Danwa covers 23.02 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Danwa falls under Khajni tehsil of Gorakhpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Danwa is Maghar, about 9.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Danwa.

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

Danwa is in Khajni tehsil of Gorakhpur district. Khajni is about 8.0 km away. Maghar is about 9.4 km away. Khalīlābād is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dumraila (under 2 km), Gangtahi (under 2 km) and Manjharia (under 2 km).

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

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