Dhankot is a village in
Gurgaon
Gurgaon (pronunciation: ʊɽɡãːw, officially named Gurugram (pronunciation: ʊɾʊɡɾaːm, is a city located in the northern Indian state of Haryana. It is situated near the Delhi–Haryana border, about southwest of the nationa ...
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Gurgaon District
Gurgaon district, officially known as Gurugram district, is one of the 22 districts of Haryana in northern India. The city of Gurgaon is the administrative headquarters of the district. The population is 1,514,432. It is one of the southern dist ...
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Haryana
Haryana (; ) is an Indian state located in the northern part of the country. It was carved out of the former state of East Punjab on 1 Nov 1966 on a linguistic basis. It is ranked 21st in terms of area, with less than 1.4% () of India's land ar ...
, in India. Dhankot is 6.842 km distance from its mandal main town Gurgaon. Dhankot is 8.327 km distance from its district main city Gurgaon. It lies on Basai road towards
Farukh Nagar. According to the data of 2010 shows that Dhankot has excelled in terms of sex ratio where the number of girls is 1238 against 1000 boys.
Other villages in Gurgaon Mandal are
Babupur
Babupur is a village in Gurgaon Mandal, near sun in Haryana. Babupur is 2940 km from its district main city Gurgaon near Palam Vihar and 252 km from its state main city Chandigarh. It has a population of about 953 persons living in ar ...
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Badha
Badha is a village in the Gurgaon mandal of the Indian state of Haryana. Badha is from Gurgaon.
Nearby villages include Hayatpur (), Kankrola (), Naharpur Kasan (), Wazirpur (), Bhangrola () and Dhorka
Dhorka is a village in Gurgaon di ...
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Bajghera
Bajghera is a mid-sized village located in the district of Gurgaon in the state of Haryana in India. It has a population of about 3251 persons living in around 584 households. Bajghera is 8.966 k.m. km far from its mandal main town Gurgaon. ...
, Bamroli,
Bandhwari
Bandhwari is a village in Gurgaon tehsil, Gurgaon district in the Indian state of Haryana. It is an important biodiversity area contiguous to Asola Bhatti Wildlife Sanctuary within the Northern Aravalli leopard wildlife corridor.
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Basai
Basai is a village in Gurgaon Mandal in Gurgaon District in Haryana state in India. Basai is 4 km distance from its district main city Gurgaon and 282 km distance from its state main city Chandigarh. It has a population of about 209 ...
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Chakkarpur
Chakkarpur is a big village in Gurugram city of Haryana
Haryana (; ) is an Indian state located in the northern part of the country. It was carved out of the former state of East Punjab on 1 Nov 1966 on a linguistic basis. It is ranked 21 ...
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Dhanwapur
Dhanwapur is one of the villages in Gurgaon Mandal in Gurgaon District in Haryana state. Dhanwapur is 2.940 km far from its district main city Gurgaon. It is 252 km far from its state main city Chandigarh. One can follow Dhanwapur road ...
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Garhi Harsaru
Garhi Harsaru is a town and railway station in Gurugram district of Haryana state in India. It lies on the road from Gurugram city to Pataudi town. Its postal code (PIN) is 122505. According to the Census India 2011, it has a population of about ...
(3.737 km), Harsaru (3.831 km), Chandu (3.848 km), Daulatabad (4.123 km), Budhera (4.530 km), Dharampur (4.777 km), Kadipur (4.899 km). Its geographical coordinates are 28° 29' 0" North, 76° 57' 0" East.
History
The town has mythological significance. It is believed that it was from this place that milk was supplied to Guru Dronacharya and his pupils at Gurugram (Gurgaon). According to Buddhist literature, Dhankot is also known as Thullkottiha (थुलकोठिया) (or Dhool kot, in common language) and Lord Buddha is said to have visited this place.
Until 1947 Dhankot was in the possession of Ranghar Muslim Chauhans (Dhundhoti). The majority of those ranghars settled in Sikandarabad in
ultan District of Pakistanafter migration. After their departure to Pakistan, the land was allotted to the arriving Hindu refugees from Pakistan and its name was changed from Dhoolkot to Dhankot.
Population
Population of Dhankot is 5585 according to Census 2011,
where male population is 3020 and female population is 2565.
References
{{Gurgaon district topics
Villages in Gurgaon district