About Dhanpuri Village

Dhanpuri is a small village in Ramanujganj tehsil, in the district of Surguja, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 333, made up of 179 males and 154 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 860 females per 1000 males. The village covers 120.16 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 497220, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dhanpuri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dhanpuri village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Surguja
Tehsil	Ramanujganj
Pincode	497220
Area (hectares)	120.16 hectares
Population	333
Male Population	179
Female Population	154
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	860
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dhanpuri compares

By the 2011 count Dhanpuri is the 103rd 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 120.16 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 968.

Getting to Dhanpuri

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

Dhanpuri lies about 87 km from Surguja, and the nearest railway station is Barwadih Junction, about 41 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 Dhanpuri
Tehsil headquarters	Ramanujganj	8.5 km
Nearest railway station	Barwadih Junction	41 km
Nearest town	Garhwa	48 km
District headquarters	Surguja	87 km

Villages closest to Dhanpuri

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 Dhanpuri

As per the Census of India 2011, Dhanpuri village had a population of 333. That makes it the 103rd largest of the 112 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,383 residents.

Dhanpuri village has 179 males and 154 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dhanpuri has about 860 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 Dhanpuri is 497220. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dhanpuri covers 120.16 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dhanpuri falls under Ramanujganj tehsil of Surguja district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Dhanpuri is Barwadih Junction, about 41 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 Dhanpuri.

Dhanpuri is about 87 km from Surguja in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dhanpuri is in Ramanujganj tehsil of Surguja district. Ramanujganj is about 8.5 km away. Barwadih Junction is about 41 km away. Garhwa is about 48 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.