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About Dhavraha Village

Dhavraha is a mid sized village in Marihan tehsil, in the district of Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,277, made up of 673 males and 604 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 897 females per 1000 males. The village covers 218.64 hectares hectares.

Dhavraha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dhavraha village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Mirzapur
Tehsil Marihan
Area (hectares) 218.64 hectares
Population 1,277
Male Population 673
Female Population 604
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 897
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 Dhavraha compares

By the 2011 count Dhavraha is the 64th largest of the 200 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,141 residents. Its 218.64 hectares work out to about 5.8 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 918.

Getting to Dhavraha

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

Dhavraha lies about 40 km from Mirzapur, and the nearest railway station is Lusa, about 7.1 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 Dhavraha
Nearest railway station Lusa 7.1 km
Tehsil headquarters Marihan 13 km
Nearest town Ahraura 32 km
District headquarters Mirzapur 40 km

Villages closest to Dhavraha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dhavraha village had a population of 1,277. That makes it the 64th largest of the 200 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,141 residents.

Dhavraha village has 673 males and 604 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dhavraha has about 897 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 918.

Dhavraha covers 218.64 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dhavraha falls under Marihan tehsil of Mirzapur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Dhavraha is Lusa, about 7.1 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 Dhavraha.

Dhavraha is about 40 km from Mirzapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dhavraha is in Marihan tehsil of Mirzapur district. Lusa is about 7.1 km away. Marihan is about 13 km away. Ahraura is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Raikari (under 2 km), Dhanawal (under 2 km) and Bagahi (under 2 km).

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

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