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About Deprai Village

Deprai is a small village in Shadhora tehsil, in the district of Ashoknagar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 272, made up of 151 males and 121 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 801 females per 1000 males. The village covers 151 hectares hectares.

Deprai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Deprai village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Ashoknagar
Tehsil Shadhora
Area (hectares) 151 hectares
Population 272
Male Population 151
Female Population 121
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 801
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Deprai compares

By the 2011 count Deprai is the 80th largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 759 residents. Its 151 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 913.

Getting to Deprai

Deprai is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Deprai as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Deprai from other places

Deprai lies about 25 km from Ashoknagar, and the nearest railway station is Pilighat, about 6.2 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 Deprai
Nearest railway station Pilighat 6.2 km
Nearest town Guna 19 km
Tehsil headquarters Shadhora 25 km
District headquarters Ashoknagar 25 km

Villages closest to Deprai

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

Common questions about Deprai

As per the Census of India 2011, Deprai village had a population of 272. That makes it the 80th largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 759 residents.

Deprai village has 151 males and 121 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Deprai has about 801 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 913.

Deprai covers 151 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.

Deprai falls under Shadhora tehsil of Ashoknagar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Deprai is Pilighat, about 6.2 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 within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Deprai.

Deprai is about 25 km from Ashoknagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Deprai is in Shadhora tehsil of Ashoknagar district. Pilighat is about 6.2 km away. Guna is about 19 km away. Shadhora is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Padam Ghata (1.6 km), Kaithai (1.8 km) and Kundora (1.9 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Deprai today is likely to be higher.

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