About Dhanawal Village

Dhanawal is a mid sized village in Marihan tehsil, in the district of Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,663, made up of 872 males and 791 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 907 females per 1000 males. The village covers 640.82 hectares hectares.

Dhanawal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dhanawal village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Mirzapur
Tehsil	Marihan
Area (hectares)	640.82 hectares
Population	1,663
Male Population	872
Female Population	791
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	907
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available
Nearest Railway Station	Available

How Dhanawal compares

By the 2011 count Dhanawal is the 44th largest of the 200 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,141 residents. Its 640.82 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 918.

Getting to Dhanawal

Dhanawal 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 Dhanawal 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 Dhanawal from other places

Dhanawal lies about 40 km from Mirzapur, and the nearest railway station is Lusa, about 5.9 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 Dhanawal
Nearest railway station	Lusa	5.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Marihan	14 km
Nearest town	Ahraura	31 km
District headquarters	Mirzapur	40 km

Villages closest to Dhanawal

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 Dhanawal

As per the Census of India 2011, Dhanawal village had a population of 1,663. That makes it the 44th largest of the 200 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,141 residents.

Dhanawal village has 872 males and 791 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dhanawal has about 907 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 918.

Dhanawal covers 640.82 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Dhanawal is Lusa, about 5.9 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 Dhanawal.

Dhanawal 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.

Dhanawal is in Marihan tehsil of Mirzapur district. Lusa is about 5.9 km away. Marihan is about 14 km away. Ahraura is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.