About Dhanpur Village

Dhanpur is a mid sized village in Bakavand tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,471, made up of 725 males and 746 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,029 females per 1000 males. The village covers 671.65 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494222, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dhanpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dhanpur village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bastar
Tehsil	Bakavand
Pincode	494222
Area (hectares)	671.65 hectares
Population	1,471
Male Population	725
Female Population	746
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,029
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dhanpur compares

By the 2011 count Dhanpur is the 40th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,364 residents. Its 671.65 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1019.

Getting to Dhanpur

Dhanpur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Dhanpur as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Dhanpur from other places

Dhanpur lies about 30 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Amagura, about 39 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Dhanpur
Tehsil headquarters	Bakavand	30 km
District headquarters	Bastar	30 km
Nearest town	Umarkot	30 km
Nearest railway station	Amagura	39 km

Villages closest to Dhanpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bakavand tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Dhanpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Dhanpur village had a population of 1,471. That makes it the 40th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,364 residents.

Dhanpur village has 725 males and 746 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dhanpur has about 1029 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1019.

The pincode recorded for Dhanpur is 494222. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dhanpur covers 671.65 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dhanpur falls under Bakavand tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Dhanpur is Amagura, about 39 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Dhanpur.

Dhanpur is about 30 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dhanpur is in Bakavand tehsil of Bastar district. Bakavand is about 30 km away. Bastar is about 30 km away. Umarkot is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.