About Dhar Village

Dhar is a mid sized village in Bhognipur tehsil, in the district of Kanpur Dehat, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,906, made up of 1,037 males and 869 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 838 females per 1000 males. The village covers 323.75 hectares hectares.

Dhar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dhar village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Kanpur Dehat
Tehsil	Bhognipur
Area (hectares)	323.75 hectares
Population	1,906
Male Population	1,037
Female Population	869
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	838
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dhar compares

By the 2011 count Dhar is the 58th largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,641 residents. Its 323.75 hectares work out to about 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 870.

Getting to Dhar

Dhar is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Dhar as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Dhar from other places

Dhar lies about 27 km from Kanpur Dehat, and the nearest railway station is Chaunrah, about 7.6 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 Dhar
Tehsil headquarters	Bhognipur	5.9 km
Nearest railway station	Chaunrah	7.6 km
Nearest town	Pukhrāyān	7.7 km
District headquarters	Kanpur Dehat	27 km

Villages closest to Dhar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dhar village had a population of 1,906. That makes it the 58th largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,641 residents.

Dhar village has 1,037 males and 869 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dhar has about 838 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 870.

Dhar covers 323.75 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dhar falls under Bhognipur tehsil of Kanpur Dehat district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Dhar is Chaunrah, about 7.6 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Dhar.

Dhar is about 27 km from Kanpur Dehat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dhar is in Bhognipur tehsil of Kanpur Dehat district. Bhognipur is about 5.9 km away. Chaunrah is about 7.6 km away. Pukhrāyān is about 7.7 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.