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About Durweshi Village

Durweshi is a small village in Shadhora tehsil, in the district of Ashoknagar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 115, made up of 60 males and 55 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 917 females per 1000 males. The village covers 85 hectares hectares.

Durweshi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Durweshi village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Ashoknagar
Tehsil Shadhora
Area (hectares) 85 hectares
Population 115
Male Population 60
Female Population 55
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 917
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Durweshi compares

By the 2011 count Durweshi is the 93rd largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 759 residents. Its 85 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 913.

Getting to Durweshi

Durweshi is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Durweshi as Available within 5 - 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Durweshi from other places

Durweshi lies about 14 km from Ashoknagar, and the nearest railway station is Shahdora Gaon, about 7.0 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 Durweshi
Nearest railway station Shahdora Gaon 7.0 km
Tehsil headquarters Shadhora 14 km
District headquarters Ashoknagar 14 km

Villages closest to Durweshi

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 Durweshi

As per the Census of India 2011, Durweshi village had a population of 115. That makes it the 93rd largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 759 residents.

Durweshi village has 60 males and 55 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Durweshi has about 917 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 913.

Durweshi covers 85 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Durweshi is Shahdora Gaon, about 7.0 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Durweshi.

Durweshi is about 14 km from Ashoknagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Durweshi is in Shadhora tehsil of Ashoknagar district. Shahdora Gaon is about 7.0 km away. Shadhora is about 14 km away. Ashoknagar is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kudai Pachhar (under 2 km), Mohri Gyan (2.1 km) and Amoda (2.1 km).

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

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