About Dhanwar Village

Dhanwar is a small village in Wadrafnagar tehsil, in the district of Surguja, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 385, made up of 230 males and 155 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 674 females per 1000 males. The village covers 219.15 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 497225, 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	Wadrafnagar
Pincode	497225
Area (hectares)	219.15 hectares
Population	385
Male Population	230
Female Population	155
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	674
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dhanwar compares

By the 2011 count Dhanwar is the 109th largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,295 residents. Its 219.15 hectares work out to about 1.8 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 969.

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 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 88 km from Surguja, and the nearest railway station is Jharokhas, about 30 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
Tehsil headquarters	Wadrafnagar	16 km
Nearest railway station	Jharokhas	30 km
Nearest town	Renukūt	37 km
District headquarters	Surguja	88 km

Villages closest to Dhanwar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Wadrafnagar 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 385. That makes it the 109th largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,295 residents.

Dhanwar village has 230 males and 155 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dhanwar has about 674 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 969.

The pincode recorded for Dhanwar is 497225. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dhanwar covers 219.15 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Dhanwar falls under Wadrafnagar tehsil of Surguja district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Dhanwar is Jharokhas, about 30 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 Dhanwar.

Dhanwar is about 88 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 Wadrafnagar tehsil of Surguja district. Wadrafnagar is about 16 km away. Jharokhas is about 30 km away. Renukūt is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.