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About Dangrai Village

Dangrai is a small village in Buxwaha tehsil, in the district of Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 230, made up of 124 males and 106 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 855 females per 1000 males. The village covers 346.2 hectares hectares.

Dangrai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dangrai village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Chhatarpur
Tehsil Buxwaha
Area (hectares) 346.2 hectares
Population 230
Male Population 124
Female Population 106
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 855
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Dangrai compares

By the 2011 count Dangrai is the 82nd largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 713 residents. Its 346.2 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, much in line with the tehsil average of 847.

Getting to Dangrai

Dangrai is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Dangrai 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Dangrai from other places

Dangrai lies about 78 km from Chhatarpur, and the nearest railway station is Patharia, about 43 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 Dangrai
Tehsil headquarters Buxwaha 5.6 km
Nearest town Banda 40 km
Nearest railway station Patharia 43 km
District headquarters Chhatarpur 78 km

Villages closest to Dangrai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dangrai village had a population of 230. That makes it the 82nd largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 713 residents.

Dangrai village has 124 males and 106 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dangrai has about 855 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 847.

Dangrai covers 346.2 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.

Dangrai falls under Buxwaha tehsil of Chhatarpur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Dangrai is Patharia, about 43 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

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 Dangrai.

Dangrai is about 78 km from Chhatarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dangrai is in Buxwaha tehsil of Chhatarpur district. Buxwaha is about 5.6 km away. Banda is about 40 km away. Patharia is about 43 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bhadator (under 2 km), Jara (2.2 km) and Sujara (2.2 km).

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

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