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About Dorli Village

Dorli is a mid sized village in Lalbarra tehsil, in the district of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 906, made up of 449 males and 457 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,018 females per 1000 males. The village covers 374.57 hectares hectares.

Dorli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dorli village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Balaghat
Tehsil Lalbarra
Area (hectares) 374.57 hectares
Population 906
Male Population 449
Female Population 457
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,018
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Dorli compares

By the 2011 count Dorli is the 72nd largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,485 residents. Its 374.57 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1020.

Getting to Dorli

Dorli is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Dorli as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Dorli from other places

Dorli lies about 20 km from Balaghat, and the nearest railway station is Magardharra Ph, about 4.0 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 Dorli
Nearest railway station Magardharra Ph 4.0 km
Tehsil headquarters Lalbarra 20 km
District headquarters Balaghat 20 km
Nearest town Bālāghāt 20 km

Villages closest to Dorli

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dorli village had a population of 906. That makes it the 72nd largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,485 residents.

Dorli village has 449 males and 457 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dorli has about 1018 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1020.

Dorli covers 374.57 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dorli falls under Lalbarra tehsil of Balaghat district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Dorli is Magardharra Ph, about 4.0 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Dorli.

Dorli is about 20 km from Balaghat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dorli is in Lalbarra tehsil of Balaghat district. Magardharra Ph is about 4.0 km away. Lalbarra is about 20 km away. Balaghat is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ghoti (under 2 km), Tengni Kalan (2.0 km) and Katanga (2.7 km).

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

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