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About Dahegaon Village

Dahegaon is a mid sized village in Lanji tehsil, in the district of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,778, made up of 858 males and 920 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,072 females per 1000 males. The village covers 336.46 hectares hectares.

Dahegaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dahegaon village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Balaghat
Tehsil Lanji
Area (hectares) 336.46 hectares
Population 1,778
Male Population 858
Female Population 920
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,072
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Dahegaon compares

By the 2011 count Dahegaon is the 39th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,339 residents. Its 336.46 hectares work out to about 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1013.

Getting to Dahegaon

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

Dahegaon lies about 50 km from Balaghat, and the nearest railway station is Amgaon, about 13 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 Dahegaon
Tehsil headquarters Lanji 10 km
Nearest railway station Amgaon 13 km
Nearest town Gondiā 28 km
District headquarters Balaghat 50 km

Villages closest to Dahegaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dahegaon village had a population of 1,778. That makes it the 39th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,339 residents.

Dahegaon village has 858 males and 920 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dahegaon has about 1072 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1013.

Dahegaon covers 336.46 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dahegaon falls under Lanji tehsil of Balaghat district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Dahegaon is Amgaon, about 13 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Dahegaon.

Dahegaon is about 50 km from Balaghat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dahegaon is in Lanji tehsil of Balaghat district. Lanji is about 10 km away. Amgaon is about 13 km away. Gondiā is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sadra (under 2 km), Kareja (1.7 km) and Keregaon (1.9 km).

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

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