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About Dhanawan Village

Dhanawan is a mid sized village in Biswan tehsil, in the district of Sitapur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,273, made up of 674 males and 599 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 889 females per 1000 males. The village covers 225.66 hectares hectares.

Dhanawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dhanawan village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Sitapur
Tehsil Biswan
Area (hectares) 225.66 hectares
Population 1,273
Male Population 674
Female Population 599
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 889
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Dhanawan compares

By the 2011 count Dhanawan is the 204th largest of the 339 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,026 residents. Its 225.66 hectares work out to about 5.6 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 889.

Getting to Dhanawan

Dhanawan is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Dhanawan as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Dhanawan from other places

Dhanawan lies about 43 km from Sitapur. 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 Dhanawan
Tehsil headquarters Biswan 15 km
Nearest town Biswān 15 km
District headquarters Sitapur 43 km

Villages closest to Dhanawan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dhanawan village had a population of 1,273. That makes it the 204th largest of the 339 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,026 residents.

Dhanawan village has 674 males and 599 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dhanawan has about 889 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 889.

Dhanawan covers 225.66 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dhanawan falls under Biswan tehsil of Sitapur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The census record for Dhanawan notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Dhanawan.

Dhanawan is about 43 km from Sitapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dhanawan is in Biswan tehsil of Sitapur district. Biswan is about 15 km away. Biswān is about 15 km away. Sitapur is about 43 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kalemapur (under 2 km), Rashurpur Hardo Patti (2.0 km) and Esmailpur (2.1 km).

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

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