Dasna is a town and a nagar panchayat

Nagar Panchayat

A nagar palika or nagar panchayat is a form of an urban political unit in India comparable to a municipality.An urban centre with more than 30,000 and less than 100,000 inhabitants is classified as a nagar panchayat....

 in Ghaziabad district

Ghaziabad District

Ghaziabad district is a largely suburban district of Uttar Pradesh state in northern India of National Capital Region . The town of Ghaziabad is the administrative headquarters of the district. This district is part of Meerut Division...

  in the state of Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh abbreviation U.P. , is a state located in the northern part of India. With a population of over 200 million people, it is India's most populous state, as well as the world's most populous sub-national entity...

, India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

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Geography

Dasna is located at 28.68°N 77.53°E. It has an average elevation of 207 metres (679 feet).

Demographics

India census

Census

A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...

, Dasna had a population of 24,428. Males constitute 54% of the population and females 46%. Dasna has an average literacy rate of 45%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 56% and, female literacy is 32%. In Dasna, 22% of the population is under 6 years of age.