About Dhokane Village

Dhokane is a small village in Kosya Kutauli tehsil, in the district of Nainital, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 72, made up of 38 males and 34 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 895 females per 1000 males. The village covers 48.42 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 263831, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dhokane Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dhokane village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Nainital
Tehsil	Kosya Kutauli
Pincode	263831
Area (hectares)	48.42 hectares
Population	72
Male Population	38
Female Population	34
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	895
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 Dhokane compares

By the 2011 count Dhokane is the 88th largest of the 118 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 267 residents. Its 48.42 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1055.

Getting to Dhokane

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

Dhokane lies about 18 km from Nainital, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 28 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 Dhokane
Tehsil headquarters	Kosya Kutauli	11 km
Nearest town	Almora	12 km
District headquarters	Nainital	18 km
Nearest railway station	Kathgodam	28 km

Villages closest to Dhokane

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kosya Kutauli 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 Dhokane

As per the Census of India 2011, Dhokane village had a population of 72. That makes it the 88th largest of the 118 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 267 residents.

Dhokane village has 38 males and 34 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dhokane has about 895 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1055.

The pincode recorded for Dhokane is 263831. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dhokane covers 48.42 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Dhokane falls under Kosya Kutauli tehsil of Nainital district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Dhokane is Kathgodam, about 28 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 Dhokane.

Dhokane is about 18 km from Nainital in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dhokane is in Kosya Kutauli tehsil of Nainital district. Kosya Kutauli is about 11 km away. Almora is about 12 km away. Nainital is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.