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About Dhorika Village

Dhorika is a small village in Sahawar tehsil, in the district of Kanshiram Nagar, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 428, made up of 230 males and 198 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 861 females per 1000 males. The village covers 81.6 hectares hectares.

Dhorika Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dhorika village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Kanshiram Nagar
Tehsil Sahawar
Area (hectares) 81.6 hectares
Population 428
Male Population 230
Female Population 198
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 861
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Dhorika compares

By the 2011 count Dhorika is the 158th largest of the 168 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,681 residents. Its 81.6 hectares work out to about 5.2 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 884.

Getting to Dhorika

Dhorika is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Dhorika as Available within 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 Dhorika from other places

Dhorika lies about 8.9 km from Kanshiram Nagar, and the nearest railway station is Badhari Kalan, about 2.0 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 Dhorika
Nearest railway station Badhari Kalan 2.0 km
Tehsil headquarters Sahawar 8.5 km
Nearest town Sahāwar 8.5 km
District headquarters Kanshiram Nagar 8.9 km

Villages closest to Dhorika

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dhorika village had a population of 428. That makes it the 158th largest of the 168 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,681 residents.

Dhorika village has 230 males and 198 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dhorika has about 861 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 884.

Dhorika covers 81.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dhorika falls under Sahawar tehsil of Kanshiram Nagar district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Dhorika is Badhari Kalan, about 2.0 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 5 - 10 km distance for Dhorika.

Dhorika is about 8.9 km from Kanshiram Nagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dhorika is in Sahawar tehsil of Kanshiram Nagar district. Badhari Kalan is about 2.0 km away. Sahawar is about 8.5 km away. Sahāwar is about 8.5 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Basawan Pur (under 2 km), Fatehpur Taluka Behata (under 2 km) and Mubarik Pur (under 2 km).

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

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