Dhankot
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Dhankot is a Village in Gurgaon
Gurgaon
Gurgaon is the second largest city in the Indian state of Haryana. Gurgaon is the industrial and financial center of Haryana. It is located 30 km south of national capital New Delhi, about 10 kilometers from Dwarka Sub City and 268 km south of Chandigarh, the state capital...

 Mandal , Gurgaon District
Gurgaon District
Gurgaon district is one of the 21 districts of Haryana state in northern India. Gurgaon city is the administrative headquarters of the district. The population is 1,660,289 . .It is the southern-most district of Haryana...

 , Haryana
Haryana
Haryana is a state in India. Historically, it has been a part of the Kuru region in North India. The name Haryana is found mentioned in the 12th century AD by the apabhramsha writer Vibudh Shridhar . It is bordered by Punjab and Himachal Pradesh to the north, and by Rajasthan to the west and south...

 State . 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 Bai road towards Farukh Nagar.According to the data of 2010 shows that village 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 , Badha , Bajghera , Bamroli , Bandhwari , Bargujar , Basai
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...

, Chakkarpur , Chandu , Daultabad , Dhanwapur. Near By Villages of this Village with distance are Garhi Harsaru ( 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.

Dhankot Pin Code is 123505 and Post office name is . Other villages in ( 123505 ) are Bhangrola , Garhi Harsaru , Budhera , Dhankot and Wazirpur.

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.

Till 1947 this village was in the possession of Ranghar Muslim Chauhans (Dhundhoti). After their departure to Pakistan the land was allotted to the arriving Hindu refugees from Pakistan and the name was changed from Dhoolkot to Dhankot.

Population

Population of Dhankot is 4615 according to Census 2001 where male population is 2589, while female population is 2026.
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