Dankaur

(Dronacharya Nagari)
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| subdivision name1 = Uttar Pradesh
| subdivision type2 = District
| subdivision name2 = Gautam Buddha Nagar
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| elevation m = 194
| population total = 11982
| population as of = 2001
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| demographics type1 = Language
| demographics1 title1 = Official
| demographics1 info1 = Hindi
| demographics1 title2 = Additional official
| demographics1 info2 = Urdu 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.

as of 2011 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%.

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.

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.

Dankaur is part of the Jewar Assembly constituency, represented by a MLA.