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- LGD code
- 173120
- Pincode
- 271845
- Post office
- Ikauna
- Population
- 704
- Households
- 127
- Literacy rate
- 50.4%
- Sex ratio
- 903 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 269
Census 2011 · in context
How Dakahi compares
By population, Dakahi ranks #156 of 193 villages in Ikauna mandal.
Literacy rate
%
50.4%
+8.7% vs mandal average
- Dakahi
- 50.4%
- Ikauna mandal
- 41.7%
- Shrawasti district
- 37.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
903
+15 vs mandal average
- Dakahi
- 903
- Ikauna mandal
- 888
Household size
people per home
5.5
−0.3 vs mandal average
- Dakahi
- 5.5
- Ikauna mandal
- 5.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Dakahi at a glance
Dakahi is a village of 704 people in 127 households (Census 2011) in Ikauna tehsil, Shrawasti district, Uttar Pradesh, the 156th-largest of 193 villages in Ikauna tehsil. Literacy is 50%, 9 points above the tehsil average of 42% and the sex ratio is 903 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 271845, served by Ikauna post office; the LGD village code is 173120. The sarpanch is dhanraj, and the village votes in Misrikh assembly constituency, represented by MLA Ramkrishna Bhargava. The population is estimated at 830 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dakahi · this village | 704 | 50% | — |
| Patkhauli Khurd · Ikauna | 874 | 51% | — |
| Chaugwan · Ikauna | 325 | 51% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Dakahi
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 8
- Power hours (winter)
- 8
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- IKAUNA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 8
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 47
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 8
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- DAKAHI
- Total area (ha)
- 134.18
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 57.21
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Dakahi
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Dakahi
- LGD code
- 173120
- Pincode
- 271845
- Post office
- Ikauna
- Population (Census 2011)
- 704
- Population (projected 2026)
- 830
- Households
- 127
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 903
- Literacy rate
- 50.4%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Misrikh
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Misrikh
- Member of Parliament
- Ashok Kumar Rawat
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Ramkrishna Bhargava
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- dhanraj
- Block / Mandal
- Ikauna
- Nearest PHC
- Saksham Nursing Home (8.3 km)
- Nearest railway station
- Sitapur Cantonment (7.9 km)
Same pincode
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Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Dakahi
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- Naraptpur
- Bisunapur
- Narayanjot
- Chichadi
- Tilakpur
- Ghorma Parsiya
- Gopalpur
- Digura Jot
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- Sauraun Pur
- Kalyanpur
- Jordih
- Katar
- Kamla Bhari
- Rajgarh Gulahriya
- Chetia Murar
- Suvikha
- Bhagavanpur Bankat
- Majhauwa Sumal
- Patkhauli Kalan
- Rampur Painda
- Puredeen Namgarh
- Etwariya
- Ehak Gharwa
- Katha
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- Amare Bhariya
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)