About Dhanikarka Village

Dhanikarka is a mid sized village in Katekalyan tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 690, made up of 332 males and 358 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,078 females per 1000 males. The village covers 702.63 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494552, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dhanikarka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dhanikarka village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Dakshin Bastar Dantewada
Tehsil	Katekalyan
Pincode	494552
Area (hectares)	702.63 hectares
Population	690
Male Population	332
Female Population	358
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,078
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dhanikarka compares

By the 2011 count Dhanikarka is the 24th largest of the 43 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,008 residents. Its 702.63 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1080.

Getting to Dhanikarka

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

Dhanikarka lies about 6.0 km from Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, and the nearest railway station is Kawargaon, about 17 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 Dhanikarka
District headquarters	Dakshin Bastar Dantewada	6.0 km
Nearest railway station	Kawargaon	17 km
Tehsil headquarters	Katekalyan	18 km
Nearest town	Bacheli	22 km

Villages closest to Dhanikarka

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dhanikarka village had a population of 690. That makes it the 24th largest of the 43 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,008 residents.

Dhanikarka village has 332 males and 358 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dhanikarka has about 1078 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1080.

The pincode recorded for Dhanikarka is 494552. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dhanikarka covers 702.63 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Dhanikarka falls under Katekalyan tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Dhanikarka is Kawargaon, about 17 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 10+ km distance for Dhanikarka.

Dhanikarka is about 6.0 km from Dakshin Bastar Dantewada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dhanikarka is in Katekalyan tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district. Dakshin Bastar Dantewada is about 6.0 km away. Kawargaon is about 17 km away. Katekalyan is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.