About Dakahi Village

Dakahi is a mid sized village in Chunar tehsil, in the district of Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 541, made up of 288 males and 253 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 878 females per 1000 males. The village covers 97.42 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 210013, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dakahi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dakahi village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Mirzapur
Tehsil	Chunar
Pincode	210013
Area (hectares)	97.42 hectares
Population	541
Male Population	288
Female Population	253
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	878
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Dakahi compares

By the 2011 count Dakahi is the 352nd largest of the 510 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,217 residents. Its 97.42 hectares work out to about 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 927.

Getting to Dakahi

Dakahi 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 Dakahi as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Dakahi from other places

Dakahi lies about 52 km from Mirzapur, and the nearest railway station is Kailahat, about 18 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 Dakahi
Nearest town	Ahraura	4.1 km
Nearest railway station	Kailahat	18 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chunar	22 km
District headquarters	Mirzapur	52 km

Villages closest to Dakahi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dakahi village had a population of 541. That makes it the 352nd largest of the 510 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,217 residents.

Dakahi village has 288 males and 253 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dakahi has about 878 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 927.

The pincode recorded for Dakahi is 210013. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dakahi covers 97.42 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dakahi falls under Chunar tehsil of Mirzapur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Dakahi is Kailahat, about 18 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Dakahi.

Dakahi is about 52 km from Mirzapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dakahi is in Chunar tehsil of Mirzapur district. Ahraura is about 4.1 km away. Kailahat is about 18 km away. Chunar is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.