Dankaur is a town and a nagar panchayat in Gautam Buddha Nagar district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is situated on Yamuna Expressway, south of Greater Noida.
History Before 1997, Dankaur and Jewar were parts of the Bulandshahr district.
Geography Dankaur is located on .Falling Rain Genomics, Inc – Dankaur. Fallingrain.com. Retrieved on 16 May 2012. It has an average elevation of 194 metres (636 feet). It is situated approximately 55 kilometres east of Delhi along the bank of river Yamuna.
Dankaur is also home to Dhanauri Wetlands, place for Sarus Crane.
Demographics India census, Dankaur had a population of 13,520. Males constitute 54% of the population and females 46%. Dankaur has an average literacy rate of 57%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 67% and, female literacy is 47%.
Connectivity Road Dankaur is well connected by road to Greater Noida, Jewar, Sikandrabad and Tappal. It is situated opposite to F1 race circuit on Yamuna Expressway. The Eastern Peripheral Expressway (EPE) also crosses nearby.
Rail Dankaur railway station is situated between Ghaziabad Junction and Aligarh Junction on Delhi-Kanpur section of Indian railways. The physical location of Dankaur station is at Shyam Nagar Mandi on Dankaur-Sikandrabad road.
Politics Dankaur is part of the Jewar Assembly constituency, represented by a MLA.
See also Mirzapur and Nilonip Shahpur Galgotias University
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