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About Dhorpur Village

Dhorpur is a mid sized village in Konch tehsil, in the district of Jalaun, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,406, made up of 780 males and 626 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 803 females per 1000 males. The village covers 426.4 hectares hectares.

Dhorpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dhorpur village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Jalaun
Tehsil Konch
Area (hectares) 426.4 hectares
Population 1,406
Male Population 780
Female Population 626
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 803
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Dhorpur compares

By the 2011 count Dhorpur is the 56th largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,143 residents. Its 426.4 hectares work out to about 3.3 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 870.

Getting to Dhorpur

Dhorpur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Dhorpur as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available. 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 Dhorpur from other places

Dhorpur lies about 31 km from Jalaun, and the nearest railway station is Ait Junction, about 8.8 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 Dhorpur
Nearest railway station Ait Junction 8.8 km
Nearest town Orai 20 km
Tehsil headquarters Konch 21 km
District headquarters Jalaun 31 km

Villages closest to Dhorpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dhorpur village had a population of 1,406. That makes it the 56th largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,143 residents.

Dhorpur village has 780 males and 626 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dhorpur has about 803 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 870.

Dhorpur covers 426.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dhorpur falls under Konch tehsil of Jalaun district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Dhorpur is Ait Junction, about 8.8 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 km distance and private bus service as Available for Dhorpur.

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

Dhorpur is in Konch tehsil of Jalaun district. Ait Junction is about 8.8 km away. Orai is about 20 km away. Konch is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Adlispura (under 2 km), Antrapuri (under 2 km) and Arjunpura (under 2 km).

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

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