Dakauli
village in Uttar Pradesh, India
Dakauli is a village in Dalmau block of Rae Bareli district, Uttar Pradesh, India. It is located 5 km from Lalganj, the nearest large town. As of 2011, it has a population of 665 people, in 130 households. It has one primary school. The village lacks formal healthcare facilities, a permanent market and a weekly haat. It belongs to the nyaya panchayat of Aihar.
The 1951 census recorded Dakauli as comprising 1 hamlet, with a population of 147 people (81 male and 66 female), in 25 households and 25 physical houses. The area of the village was given as 314 acres. 7 residents were literate, all male. The village was listed as belonging to the pargana of Dalmau and the thana of Dalmau.
“Dakauli” enters the record as village in Uttar Pradesh, India. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Dakauli, village and Uttar can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 19, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q109546854. Authority coordinates are 26.169, 81.018. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2011 and 1951.
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