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About Dahigawan Village

Dahigawan is a large village in Maharajganj tehsil, in the district of Rae Bareli, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,230, made up of 2,227 males and 2,003 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 899 females per 1000 males. The village covers 544.13 hectares hectares.

Dahigawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dahigawan village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Rae Bareli
Tehsil Maharajganj
Area (hectares) 544.13 hectares
Population 4,230
Male Population 2,227
Female Population 2,003
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 899
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 Dahigawan compares

By the 2011 count Dahigawan is the 24th largest of the 195 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 2,074 residents. Its 544.13 hectares work out to about 7.8 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 933.

Getting to Dahigawan

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

Dahigawan lies about 20 km from Rae Bareli, and the nearest railway station is Lachhmanpur Station, about 9.3 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 Dahigawan
Nearest railway station Lachhmanpur Station 9.3 km
District headquarters Rae Bareli 20 km
Nearest town Raebareli 20 km
Tehsil headquarters Maharajganj 34 km

Villages closest to Dahigawan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dahigawan village had a population of 4,230. That makes it the 24th largest of the 195 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,074 residents.

Dahigawan village has 2,227 males and 2,003 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dahigawan has about 899 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 933.

Dahigawan covers 544.13 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.8 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Dahigawan falls under Maharajganj tehsil of Rae Bareli district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Dahigawan is Lachhmanpur Station, about 9.3 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 Dahigawan.

Dahigawan is about 20 km from Rae Bareli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dahigawan is in Maharajganj tehsil of Rae Bareli district. Lachhmanpur Station is about 9.3 km away. Rae Bareli is about 20 km away. Raebareli is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Maheri (9.9 km), Depar Mau (17 km) and Mau (17 km).

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

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