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About Dhangawan Village

Dhangawan is a mid sized village in Pendra Road Gorella tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,706, made up of 846 males and 860 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,017 females per 1000 males. The village covers 860.6 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491228, 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 Pendra Road Gorella
Pincode 491228
Area (hectares) 860.6 hectares
Population 1,706
Male Population 846
Female Population 860
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,017
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Dhangawan compares

By the 2011 count Dhangawan is the 21st largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,364 residents. Its 860.6 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 996.

Getting to Dhangawan

Dhangawan is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Dhangawan 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 <5 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
Nearest railway station Jairamnagar 19 km
Nearest town Akaltara 25 km
Tehsil headquarters Pendra Road Gorella 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 Pendra Road Gorella 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.

Common questions about Dhangawan

As per the Census of India 2011, Dhangawan village had a population of 1,706. That makes it the 21st largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,364 residents.

Dhangawan village has 846 males and 860 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dhangawan has about 1017 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 996.

The pincode recorded for Dhangawan is 491228. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dhangawan covers 860.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Dhangawan falls under Pendra Road Gorella 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 <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance 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 Pendra Road Gorella tehsil of Bilaspur district. Jairamnagar is about 19 km away. Akaltara is about 25 km away. Pendra Road Gorella is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Pakaria (under 2 km), Khodri (10 km) and Amgaon (11 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Dhangawan today is likely to be higher.

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