About Dhanwar Village

Dhanwar is a small village in Ramanujganj tehsil, in the district of Surguja, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 162, made up of 86 males and 76 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 884 females per 1000 males. The village covers 126.76 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 497220, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dhanwar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dhanwar village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Surguja
Tehsil	Ramanujganj
Pincode	497220
Area (hectares)	126.76 hectares
Population	162
Male Population	86
Female Population	76
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	884
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dhanwar compares

By the 2011 count Dhanwar is the 107th largest of the 112 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,383 residents. Its 126.76 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 968.

Getting to Dhanwar

Dhanwar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Dhanwar 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Dhanwar from other places

Dhanwar lies about 117 km from Surguja, and the nearest railway station is Mangra, about 18 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 Dhanwar
Nearest railway station	Mangra	18 km
Nearest town	Medininagar	19 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ramanujganj	27 km
District headquarters	Surguja	117 km

Villages closest to Dhanwar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dhanwar village had a population of 162. That makes it the 107th largest of the 112 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,383 residents.

Dhanwar village has 86 males and 76 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dhanwar has about 884 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 968.

The pincode recorded for Dhanwar is 497220. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dhanwar covers 126.76 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Dhanwar falls under Ramanujganj tehsil of Surguja district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Dhanwar is Mangra, about 18 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 5 - 10 km distance for Dhanwar.

Dhanwar is about 117 km from Surguja in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dhanwar is in Ramanujganj tehsil of Surguja district. Mangra is about 18 km away. Medininagar is about 19 km away. Ramanujganj is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.