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About Dhakia Khurd Village

Dhakia Khurd is a small village in Powayan tehsil, in the district of Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 298, made up of 158 males and 140 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 886 females per 1000 males. The village covers 56.59 hectares hectares.

Dhakia Khurd Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dhakia Khurd village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Shahjahanpur
Tehsil Powayan
Area (hectares) 56.59 hectares
Population 298
Male Population 158
Female Population 140
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 886
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Dhakia Khurd compares

By the 2011 count Dhakia Khurd is the 524th largest of the 658 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 941 residents. Its 56.59 hectares work out to about 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 894.

Getting to Dhakia Khurd

Dhakia Khurd 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 Dhakia Khurd as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Dhakia Khurd from other places

Dhakia Khurd lies about 9.2 km from Shahjahanpur, and the nearest railway station is Banthra, about 4.4 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 Dhakia Khurd
Nearest railway station Banthra 4.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Powayan 9.2 km
District headquarters Shahjahanpur 9.2 km
Nearest town Kānt 9.2 km

Villages closest to Dhakia Khurd

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Powayan 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 Dhakia Khurd

As per the Census of India 2011, Dhakia Khurd village had a population of 298. That makes it the 524th largest of the 658 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 941 residents.

Dhakia Khurd village has 158 males and 140 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dhakia Khurd has about 886 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 894.

Dhakia Khurd covers 56.59 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dhakia Khurd falls under Powayan tehsil of Shahjahanpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Dhakia Khurd is Banthra, about 4.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Dhakia Khurd.

Dhakia Khurd is about 9.2 km from Shahjahanpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dhakia Khurd is in Powayan tehsil of Shahjahanpur district. Banthra is about 4.4 km away. Powayan is about 9.2 km away. Shahjahanpur is about 9.2 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dhakia Buzurg (under 2 km), Jamunia Khanpur (1.6 km) and Khandepur (1.6 km).

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

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