About Dewra Village

Dewra is a mid sized village in Bijawar tehsil, in the district of Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,331, made up of 720 males and 611 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 849 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2251.27 hectares hectares.

Dewra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dewra village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Chhatarpur
Tehsil	Bijawar
Area (hectares)	2251.27 hectares
Population	1,331
Male Population	720
Female Population	611
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	849
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available

How Dewra compares

By the 2011 count Dewra is the 34th largest of the 139 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 983 residents. Its 2251.27 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 885.

Getting to Dewra

Dewra is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Dewra 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Dewra from other places

Dewra lies about 37 km from Chhatarpur, and the nearest railway station is Basari, about 26 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 Dewra
Tehsil headquarters	Bijawar	16 km
Nearest town	Bijāwar	16 km
Nearest railway station	Basari	26 km
District headquarters	Chhatarpur	37 km

Villages closest to Dewra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dewra village had a population of 1,331. That makes it the 34th largest of the 139 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 983 residents.

Dewra village has 720 males and 611 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dewra has about 849 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 885.

Dewra covers 2251.27 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Dewra falls under Bijawar tehsil of Chhatarpur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Dewra is Basari, about 26 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Dewra.

Dewra is about 37 km from Chhatarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dewra is in Bijawar tehsil of Chhatarpur district. Bijawar is about 16 km away. Bijāwar is about 16 km away. Basari is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.