About Dhanpur Village

Dhanpur is a mid sized village in Sakti tehsil, in the district of Janjgir Champa, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,037, made up of 515 males and 522 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,014 females per 1000 males. The village covers 263.76 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495687, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dhanpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dhanpur village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Janjgir Champa
Tehsil	Sakti
Pincode	495687
Area (hectares)	263.76 hectares
Population	1,037
Male Population	515
Female Population	522
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,014
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dhanpur compares

By the 2011 count Dhanpur is the 51st largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,150 residents. Its 263.76 hectares work out to about 3.9 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 1006.

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 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 28 km from Janjgir Champa, and the nearest railway station is Madwarani, about 10 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	Madwarani	10 km
Nearest town	Chāmpa	18 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sakti	20 km
District headquarters	Janjgir Champa	28 km

Villages closest to Dhanpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sakti 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 1,037. That makes it the 51st largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,150 residents.

Dhanpur village has 515 males and 522 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dhanpur has about 1014 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1006.

The pincode recorded for Dhanpur is 495687. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dhanpur covers 263.76 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dhanpur falls under Sakti tehsil of Janjgir Champa district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Dhanpur is Madwarani, about 10 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 Dhanpur.

Dhanpur is about 28 km from Janjgir Champa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dhanpur is in Sakti tehsil of Janjgir Champa district. Madwarani is about 10 km away. Chāmpa is about 18 km away. Sakti is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.