About Dhangawan Village

Dhangawan is a mid sized village in Masturi tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,207, made up of 619 males and 588 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 950 females per 1000 males. The village covers 226.73 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495551, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dhangawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dhangawan village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bilaspur
Tehsil	Masturi
Pincode	495551
Area (hectares)	226.73 hectares
Population	1,207
Male Population	619
Female Population	588
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	950
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dhangawan compares

By the 2011 count Dhangawan is the 94th largest of the 161 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,732 residents. Its 226.73 hectares work out to about 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 990.

Getting to Dhangawan

Dhangawan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Dhangawan 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 Dhangawan from other places

Dhangawan lies about 25 km from Bilaspur, and the nearest railway station is Jairamnagar, about 19 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 Dhangawan
Tehsil headquarters	Masturi	14 km
Nearest railway station	Jairamnagar	19 km
Nearest town	Akaltara	25 km
District headquarters	Bilaspur	25 km

Villages closest to Dhangawan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Masturi 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 Dhangawan

As per the Census of India 2011, Dhangawan village had a population of 1,207. That makes it the 94th largest of the 161 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,732 residents.

Dhangawan village has 619 males and 588 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dhangawan has about 950 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 990.

The pincode recorded for Dhangawan is 495551. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dhangawan covers 226.73 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dhangawan falls under Masturi tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Dhangawan is Jairamnagar, about 19 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 Dhangawan.

Dhangawan is about 25 km from Bilaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dhangawan is in Masturi tehsil of Bilaspur district. Masturi is about 14 km away. Jairamnagar is about 19 km away. Akaltara is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.