About Dhanyau Village

Dhanyau is a small village in Jakholi tehsil, in the district of Rudraprayag, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 142, made up of 68 males and 74 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,088 females per 1000 males. The village covers 33.32 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246141, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dhanyau Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dhanyau village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Rudraprayag
Tehsil	Jakholi
Pincode	246141
Area (hectares)	33.32 hectares
Population	142
Male Population	68
Female Population	74
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,088
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dhanyau compares

By the 2011 count Dhanyau is the 113th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 464 residents. Its 33.32 hectares work out to about 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1247.

Getting to Dhanyau

Dhanyau is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Dhanyau as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Dhanyau from other places

Dhanyau lies about 105 km from Rudraprayag, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 42 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 Dhanyau
Nearest town	Almora	8.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jakholi	34 km
Nearest railway station	Kathgodam	42 km
District headquarters	Rudraprayag	105 km

Villages closest to Dhanyau

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dhanyau village had a population of 142. That makes it the 113th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 464 residents.

Dhanyau village has 68 males and 74 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dhanyau has about 1088 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1247.

The pincode recorded for Dhanyau is 246141. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dhanyau covers 33.32 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dhanyau falls under Jakholi tehsil of Rudraprayag district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Dhanyau is Kathgodam, about 42 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Dhanyau.

Dhanyau is about 105 km from Rudraprayag in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dhanyau is in Jakholi tehsil of Rudraprayag district. Almora is about 8.1 km away. Jakholi is about 34 km away. Kathgodam is about 42 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.