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About Dandwa Village

Dandwa is a mid sized village in Badlapur tehsil, in the district of Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 644, made up of 370 males and 274 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 741 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1032.5 hectares hectares.

Dandwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dandwa village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Jaunpur
Tehsil Badlapur
Area (hectares) 1032.5 hectares
Population 644
Male Population 370
Female Population 274
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 741
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Dandwa compares

By the 2011 count Dandwa is the 236th largest of the 386 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,136 residents. Its 1032.5 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1043.

Getting to Dandwa

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

How far is Dandwa from other places

Dandwa lies about 22 km from Jaunpur, and the nearest railway station is Sri Krishna Nagar, about 12 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 Dandwa
Tehsil headquarters Badlapur 11 km
Nearest railway station Sri Krishna Nagar 12 km
Nearest town Shāhganj 20 km
District headquarters Jaunpur 22 km

Villages closest to Dandwa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dandwa village had a population of 644. That makes it the 236th largest of the 386 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,136 residents.

Dandwa village has 370 males and 274 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dandwa has about 741 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1043.

Dandwa covers 1032.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Dandwa falls under Badlapur tehsil of Jaunpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Dandwa is Sri Krishna Nagar, about 12 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

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

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

Dandwa is in Badlapur tehsil of Jaunpur district. Badlapur is about 11 km away. Sri Krishna Nagar is about 12 km away. Shāhganj is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Narendrapur (under 2 km), Kodar Khurd (under 2 km) and Kodar Kalan (under 2 km).

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

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