About Dhaksun Village

Dhaksun is a small village in Lansdowne tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 227, made up of 79 males and 148 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,873 females per 1000 males. The village covers 161.49 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246155, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dhaksun Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dhaksun village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	Lansdowne
Pincode	246155
Area (hectares)	161.49 hectares
Population	227
Male Population	79
Female Population	148
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,873
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dhaksun compares

By the 2011 count Dhaksun is the 88th largest of the 465 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 148 residents. Its 161.49 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1243.

Getting to Dhaksun

Dhaksun is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Dhaksun as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Dhaksun from other places

Dhaksun lies about 10 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 20 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 Dhaksun
Tehsil headquarters	Lansdowne	6.0 km
District headquarters	Garhwal	10 km
Nearest town	Kotdwāra	20 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	20 km

Villages closest to Dhaksun

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dhaksun village had a population of 227. That makes it the 88th largest of the 465 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 148 residents.

Dhaksun village has 79 males and 148 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dhaksun has about 1873 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1243.

The pincode recorded for Dhaksun is 246155. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dhaksun covers 161.49 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Dhaksun falls under Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Dhaksun is Kotdwara, about 20 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Dhaksun.

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

Dhaksun is in Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district. Lansdowne is about 6.0 km away. Garhwal is about 10 km away. Kotdwāra is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.