[3] Population: 7,427 (2022 estimate)[4] The settlement is located 26 km (16 mi) away from Poltava-Kyivska railway station.

Dykanka was first mentioned in 1658 as a small village, though the area was populated for centuries before.

Within the area of modern Dykanka, traces exist of Scythian settlement at various times.

[7] Dykanka is the location of the short story collection Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka by Nikolai Gogol.

[8] The tale of St John's Eve, concerning the family of the Church Sexton, inspired Mussorgsky's tone poem Night on the Bare Mountain.