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About Daunkeli Village

Daunkeli is a mid sized village in Sikandra Rao tehsil, in the district of Mahamaya Nagar, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,141, made up of 613 males and 528 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 861 females per 1000 males. The village covers 211 hectares hectares.

Daunkeli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Daunkeli village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Mahamaya Nagar
Tehsil Sikandra Rao
Area (hectares) 211 hectares
Population 1,141
Male Population 613
Female Population 528
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 861
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Daunkeli compares

By the 2011 count Daunkeli is the 98th largest of the 158 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,089 residents. Its 211 hectares work out to about 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 870.

Getting to Daunkeli

Daunkeli is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Daunkeli as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Daunkeli from other places

Daunkeli lies about 33 km from Mahamaya Nagar, and the nearest railway station is Sikandra Rao, about 10 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 Daunkeli
Nearest railway station Sikandra Rao 10 km
District headquarters Mahamaya Nagar 33 km

Villages closest to Daunkeli

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sikandra Rao 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 Daunkeli

As per the Census of India 2011, Daunkeli village had a population of 1,141. That makes it the 98th largest of the 158 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,089 residents.

Daunkeli village has 613 males and 528 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Daunkeli has about 861 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 870.

Daunkeli covers 211 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Daunkeli falls under Sikandra Rao tehsil of Mahamaya Nagar district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Daunkeli is Sikandra Rao, about 10 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available for Daunkeli.

Daunkeli is about 33 km from Mahamaya Nagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Daunkeli is in Sikandra Rao tehsil of Mahamaya Nagar district. Sikandra Rao is about 10 km away. Mahamaya Nagar is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mahamai Ismailpur (1.8 km), Maidamai (2.6 km) and Bari (3.1 km).

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

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