About Dhowai Village

Dhowai is a mid sized village in Karhal tehsil, in the district of Mainpuri, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,241, made up of 670 males and 571 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 852 females per 1000 males. The village covers 174.96 hectares hectares.

Dhowai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dhowai village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Mainpuri
Tehsil	Karhal
Area (hectares)	174.96 hectares
Population	1,241
Male Population	670
Female Population	571
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	852
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available
Nearest Railway Station	Available

How Dhowai compares

By the 2011 count Dhowai is the 86th largest of the 185 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,643 residents. Its 174.96 hectares work out to about 7.1 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 872.

Getting to Dhowai

Dhowai 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 Dhowai 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 Dhowai from other places

Dhowai lies about 31 km from Mainpuri, and the nearest railway station is Balrai, about 9.4 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 Dhowai
Nearest railway station	Balrai	9.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Karhal	10 km
District headquarters	Mainpuri	31 km

Villages closest to Dhowai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dhowai village had a population of 1,241. That makes it the 86th largest of the 185 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,643 residents.

Dhowai village has 670 males and 571 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dhowai has about 852 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 872.

Dhowai covers 174.96 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.1 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Dhowai falls under Karhal tehsil of Mainpuri district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Dhowai is Balrai, about 9.4 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 Dhowai.

Dhowai is about 31 km from Mainpuri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dhowai is in Karhal tehsil of Mainpuri district. Balrai is about 9.4 km away. Karhal is about 10 km away. Mainpuri is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.