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About Dadwa Village

Dadwa is a small village in Behat tehsil, in the district of Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 396, made up of 220 males and 176 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 800 females per 1000 males. The village covers 107.63 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 247129, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dadwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dadwa village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Saharanpur
Tehsil Behat
Pincode 247129
Area (hectares) 107.63 hectares
Population 396
Male Population 220
Female Population 176
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 800
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Dadwa compares

By the 2011 count Dadwa is the 217th largest of the 260 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,853 residents. Its 107.63 hectares work out to about 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 895.

Getting to Dadwa

Dadwa is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Dadwa as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available. 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 Dadwa from other places

Dadwa lies about 28 km from Saharanpur, and the nearest railway station is Yamunanagar Jagadhri, about 3.5 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 Dadwa
Nearest railway station Yamunanagar Jagadhri 3.5 km
Nearest town Yamuna Nagar 3.7 km
District headquarters Saharanpur 28 km
Tehsil headquarters Behat 28 km

Villages closest to Dadwa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dadwa village had a population of 396. That makes it the 217th largest of the 260 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,853 residents.

Dadwa village has 220 males and 176 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dadwa has about 800 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 895.

The pincode recorded for Dadwa is 247129. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dadwa covers 107.63 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dadwa falls under Behat tehsil of Saharanpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Dadwa is Yamunanagar Jagadhri, about 3.5 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 km distance and private bus service as Available for Dadwa.

Dadwa is about 28 km from Saharanpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dadwa is in Behat tehsil of Saharanpur district. Yamunanagar Jagadhri is about 3.5 km away. Yamuna Nagar is about 3.7 km away. Saharanpur is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mahmoodpur Mazra Raipur (2.0 km), Meghan Mazra (2.0 km) and Abdullapur (3.7 km).

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

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