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About Dharaun Village

Dharaun is a small village in Tilhar tehsil, in the district of Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 470, made up of 262 males and 208 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 794 females per 1000 males. The village covers 99.1 hectares hectares.

Dharaun Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dharaun village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Shahjahanpur
Tehsil Tilhar
Area (hectares) 99.1 hectares
Population 470
Male Population 262
Female Population 208
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 794
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Dharaun compares

By the 2011 count Dharaun is the 417th largest of the 541 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,118 residents. Its 99.1 hectares work out to about 4.7 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 855.

Getting to Dharaun

Dharaun 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 Dharaun as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Dharaun from other places

Dharaun lies about 28 km from Shahjahanpur, and the nearest railway station is Algawan, about 26 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 Dharaun
Nearest town Jalālābād 5.4 km
Nearest railway station Algawan 26 km
District headquarters Shahjahanpur 28 km
Tehsil headquarters Tilhar 29 km

Villages closest to Dharaun

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dharaun village had a population of 470. That makes it the 417th largest of the 541 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,118 residents.

Dharaun village has 262 males and 208 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dharaun has about 794 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 855.

Dharaun covers 99.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dharaun falls under Tilhar tehsil of Shahjahanpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Dharaun is Algawan, about 26 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Dharaun.

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

Dharaun is in Tilhar tehsil of Shahjahanpur district. Jalālābād is about 5.4 km away. Algawan is about 26 km away. Shahjahanpur 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 Madai (3.6 km), Kankliya Dharampur (7.2 km) and Paharipur Viviyapur (7.7 km).

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

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