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About Danapur Village

Danapur is a mid sized village in Shahganj tehsil, in the district of Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,336, made up of 641 males and 695 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,084 females per 1000 males. The village covers 124.5 hectares hectares.

Danapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Danapur village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Jaunpur
Tehsil Shahganj
Area (hectares) 124.5 hectares
Population 1,336
Male Population 641
Female Population 695
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,084
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Danapur compares

By the 2011 count Danapur is the 186th largest of the 491 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,400 residents. Its 124.5 hectares work out to about 11 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1012.

Getting to Danapur

The census records public bus service for Danapur as Available within 10+ 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 Danapur from other places

Danapur lies about 44 km from Jaunpur, and the nearest railway station is Bilwai, about 1.7 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 Danapur
Nearest railway station Bilwai 1.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Shahganj 11 km
Nearest town Shāhganj 11 km
District headquarters Jaunpur 44 km

Villages closest to Danapur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Danapur village had a population of 1,336. That makes it the 186th largest of the 491 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,400 residents.

Danapur village has 641 males and 695 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Danapur has about 1084 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1012.

Danapur covers 124.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 11 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Danapur falls under Shahganj tehsil of Jaunpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Danapur is Bilwai, about 1.7 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Danapur.

Danapur is about 44 km from Jaunpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Danapur is in Shahganj tehsil of Jaunpur district. Bilwai is about 1.7 km away. Shahganj is about 11 km away. Shāhganj is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ghooripur (1.7 km), Umariya (1.8 km) and Jainagara (3.0 km).

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

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