About Dhara Village

Dhara is a mid sized village in Powayan tehsil, in the district of Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,491, made up of 796 males and 695 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 873 females per 1000 males. The village covers 183.5 hectares hectares.

Dhara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dhara village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Shahjahanpur
Tehsil	Powayan
Area (hectares)	183.5 hectares
Population	1,491
Male Population	796
Female Population	695
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	873
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Dhara compares

By the 2011 count Dhara is the 112th largest of the 658 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 941 residents. Its 183.5 hectares work out to about 8.1 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 894.

Getting to Dhara

Dhara 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 Dhara 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 Dhara from other places

Dhara lies about 10 km from Shahjahanpur, and the nearest railway station is Roza Junction, about 7.1 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 Dhara
Nearest railway station	Roza Junction	7.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Powayan	10 km
District headquarters	Shahjahanpur	10 km
Nearest town	Shāhjānpur	10 km

Villages closest to Dhara

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.

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Common questions about Dhara

As per the Census of India 2011, Dhara village had a population of 1,491. That makes it the 112th largest of the 658 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 941 residents.

Dhara village has 796 males and 695 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dhara has about 873 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 894.

Dhara covers 183.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.1 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Dhara falls under Powayan tehsil of Shahjahanpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Dhara is Roza Junction, about 7.1 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 Dhara.

Dhara is about 10 km from Shahjahanpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dhara is in Powayan tehsil of Shahjahanpur district. Roza Junction is about 7.1 km away. Powayan is about 10 km away. Shahjahanpur is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.