About Dhura Village

Dhura is a mid sized village in Poornagiri tehsil, in the district of Champawat, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 534, made up of 272 males and 262 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 963 females per 1000 males. The village covers 462 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262523, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dhura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dhura village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Champawat
Tehsil	Poornagiri
Pincode	262523
Area (hectares)	462 hectares
Population	534
Male Population	272
Female Population	262
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	963
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 Dhura compares

By the 2011 count Dhura is the 25th largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 707 residents. Its 462 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 945.

Getting to Dhura

Dhura is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Dhura 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 Dhura from other places

Dhura lies about 19 km from Champawat, and the nearest railway station is Tanakpur, about 12 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 Dhura
Nearest railway station	Tanakpur	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Poornagiri	19 km
District headquarters	Champawat	19 km
Nearest town	Sitārganj	44 km

Villages closest to Dhura

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dhura village had a population of 534. That makes it the 25th largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 707 residents.

Dhura village has 272 males and 262 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dhura has about 963 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 945.

The pincode recorded for Dhura is 262523. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dhura covers 462 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Dhura falls under Poornagiri tehsil of Champawat district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Dhura is Tanakpur, about 12 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Dhura.

Dhura is about 19 km from Champawat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dhura is in Poornagiri tehsil of Champawat district. Tanakpur is about 12 km away. Poornagiri is about 19 km away. Champawat is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.