About Dakhinwa Village

Dakhinwa is a small village in Sahjanwa tehsil, in the district of Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 212, made up of 112 males and 100 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 893 females per 1000 males. The village covers 52.2 hectares hectares.

Dakhinwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dakhinwa village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Gorakhpur
Tehsil	Sahjanwa
Area (hectares)	52.2 hectares
Population	212
Male Population	112
Female Population	100
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	893
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dakhinwa compares

By the 2011 count Dakhinwa is the 248th largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,181 residents. Its 52.2 hectares work out to about 4.1 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 975.

Getting to Dakhinwa

Dakhinwa is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Dakhinwa as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Dakhinwa from other places

Dakhinwa lies about 20 km from Gorakhpur, and the nearest railway station is Kauriaa Jungle, about 11 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 Dakhinwa
Nearest railway station	Kauriaa Jungle	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sahjanwa	12 km
Nearest town	Mehndāwal	15 km
District headquarters	Gorakhpur	20 km

Villages closest to Dakhinwa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dakhinwa village had a population of 212. That makes it the 248th largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,181 residents.

Dakhinwa village has 112 males and 100 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dakhinwa has about 893 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 975.

Dakhinwa covers 52.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dakhinwa falls under Sahjanwa tehsil of Gorakhpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Dakhinwa is Kauriaa Jungle, about 11 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Dakhinwa.

Dakhinwa is about 20 km from Gorakhpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dakhinwa is in Sahjanwa tehsil of Gorakhpur district. Kauriaa Jungle is about 11 km away. Sahjanwa is about 12 km away. Mehndāwal is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.