About Dhekwah Village

Dhekwah is a small village in Marihan tehsil, in the district of Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 350, made up of 191 males and 159 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 832 females per 1000 males. The village covers 323.18 hectares hectares.

Dhekwah Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dhekwah village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Mirzapur
Tehsil	Marihan
Area (hectares)	323.18 hectares
Population	350
Male Population	191
Female Population	159
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	832
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Dhekwah compares

By the 2011 count Dhekwah is the 155th largest of the 200 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,141 residents. Its 323.18 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 918.

Getting to Dhekwah

Dhekwah is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Dhekwah as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Dhekwah from other places

Dhekwah lies about 26 km from Mirzapur, and the nearest railway station is Saktesgarh, 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 Dhekwah
Tehsil headquarters	Marihan	5.9 km
Nearest railway station	Saktesgarh	10 km
Nearest town	Chunār	24 km
District headquarters	Mirzapur	26 km

Villages closest to Dhekwah

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.

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Common questions about Dhekwah

As per the Census of India 2011, Dhekwah village had a population of 350. That makes it the 155th largest of the 200 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,141 residents.

Dhekwah village has 191 males and 159 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dhekwah has about 832 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 918.

Dhekwah covers 323.18 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Dhekwah is Saktesgarh, about 10 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Dhekwah.

Dhekwah is about 26 km from Mirzapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dhekwah is in Marihan tehsil of Mirzapur district. Marihan is about 5.9 km away. Saktesgarh is about 10 km away. Chunār is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.