Dhanapur is a village in Gauriganj block of Amethi district, Uttar Pradesh, India.

[3] The 1951 census recorded Dhanapur as comprising 2 hamlets, with a total population of 282 people (139 male and 143 female), in 64 households and 61 physical houses.

[4] The 1961 census recorded Dhanapur as comprising 2 hamlets, with a total population of 265 people (124 male and 141 female), in 69 households and 69 physical houses.

[6] The 1991 census recorded Dhanapur as having a total population of 532 people (279 male and 253 female), in 115 households and 112 physical houses.

[3] The breakdown of main workers by employment category was as follows: 33 cultivators (i.e. people who owned or leased their own land); 94 agricultural labourers (i.e. people who worked someone else's land in return for payment); 0 workers in livestock, forestry, fishing, hunting, plantations, orchards, etc.