About Dhodan Village

Dhodan is a mid sized village in Bijawar tehsil, in the district of Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 581, made up of 322 males and 259 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 804 females per 1000 males. The village covers 876.83 hectares hectares.

Dhodan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dhodan village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Chhatarpur
Tehsil	Bijawar
Area (hectares)	876.83 hectares
Population	581
Male Population	322
Female Population	259
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	804
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dhodan compares

By the 2011 count Dhodan is the 80th largest of the 139 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 983 residents. Its 876.83 hectares work out to about 0.7 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 885.

Getting to Dhodan

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

Dhodan lies about 42 km from Chhatarpur, and the nearest railway station is Khajuraho, about 21 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 Dhodan
Nearest railway station	Khajuraho	21 km
Nearest town	Khajuraho Group of Monuments	28 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bijawar	35 km
District headquarters	Chhatarpur	42 km

Villages closest to Dhodan

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 Dhodan

As per the Census of India 2011, Dhodan village had a population of 581. That makes it the 80th largest of the 139 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 983 residents.

Dhodan village has 322 males and 259 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dhodan has about 804 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 885.

Dhodan covers 876.83 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Dhodan is Khajuraho, about 21 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 Dhodan.

Dhodan is about 42 km from Chhatarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dhodan is in Bijawar tehsil of Chhatarpur district. Khajuraho is about 21 km away. Khajuraho Group of Monuments is about 28 km away. Bijawar is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.