About Dhanpur Village

Dhanpur is a mid sized village in Marwahi tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,644, made up of 795 males and 849 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,068 females per 1000 males. The village covers 815.18 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495119, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dhanpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dhanpur village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bilaspur
Tehsil	Marwahi
Pincode	495119
Area (hectares)	815.18 hectares
Population	1,644
Male Population	795
Female Population	849
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,068
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dhanpur compares

By the 2011 count Dhanpur is the 20th largest of the 86 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,358 residents. Its 815.18 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1023.

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 village. 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 91 km from Bilaspur, and the nearest railway station is Harri, about 12 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
Nearest railway station	Harri	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Marwahi	16 km
Nearest town	Pasān	22 km
District headquarters	Bilaspur	91 km

Villages closest to Dhanpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Marwahi 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 1,644. That makes it the 20th largest of the 86 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,358 residents.

Dhanpur village has 795 males and 849 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dhanpur has about 1068 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1023.

The pincode recorded for Dhanpur is 495119. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dhanpur covers 815.18 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dhanpur falls under Marwahi tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Dhanpur is Harri, about 12 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 village for Dhanpur.

Dhanpur is about 91 km from Bilaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dhanpur is in Marwahi tehsil of Bilaspur district. Harri is about 12 km away. Marwahi is about 16 km away. Pasān is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.