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About Dhatura Sheikh Village

Dhatura Sheikh is a large village in Chandausi tehsil, in the district of Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,171, made up of 1,170 males and 1,001 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 856 females per 1000 males. The village covers 422.97 hectares hectares.

Dhatura Sheikh Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dhatura Sheikh village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Moradabad
Tehsil Chandausi
Area (hectares) 422.97 hectares
Population 2,171
Male Population 1,170
Female Population 1,001
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 856
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Dhatura Sheikh compares

By the 2011 count Dhatura Sheikh is the 74th largest of the 224 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 2,153 residents. Its 422.97 hectares work out to about 5.1 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 880.

Getting to Dhatura Sheikh

Dhatura Sheikh is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Dhatura Sheikh 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Dhatura Sheikh from other places

Dhatura Sheikh lies about 58 km from Moradabad, and the nearest railway station is Dhanari, about 4.0 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 Dhatura Sheikh
Nearest railway station Dhanari 4.0 km
Nearest town Bahjoi 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Chandausi 27 km
District headquarters Moradabad 58 km

Villages closest to Dhatura Sheikh

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Chandausi 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 Dhatura Sheikh

As per the Census of India 2011, Dhatura Sheikh village had a population of 2,171. That makes it the 74th largest of the 224 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,153 residents.

Dhatura Sheikh village has 1,170 males and 1,001 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dhatura Sheikh has about 856 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 880.

Dhatura Sheikh covers 422.97 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dhatura Sheikh falls under Chandausi tehsil of Moradabad district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Dhatura Sheikh is Dhanari, about 4.0 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 5 - 10 km distance for Dhatura Sheikh.

Dhatura Sheikh is about 58 km from Moradabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dhatura Sheikh is in Chandausi tehsil of Moradabad district. Dhanari is about 4.0 km away. Bahjoi is about 11 km away. Chandausi is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kamalpur (2.3 km), Bahrauli Taharpur (3.4 km) and Chaupa Shobhapur (3.9 km).

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

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