About Dalon Village

Dalon is a mid sized village in Chhatarpur tehsil, in the district of Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,258, made up of 656 males and 602 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 918 females per 1000 males. The village covers 786.15 hectares hectares.

Dalon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dalon village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Chhatarpur
Tehsil	Chhatarpur
Area (hectares)	786.15 hectares
Population	1,258
Male Population	656
Female Population	602
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	918
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dalon compares

By the 2011 count Dalon is the 69th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,459 residents. Its 786.15 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 878.

Getting to Dalon

Dalon is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Dalon as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Dalon from other places

Dalon lies about 14 km from Chhatarpur, and the nearest railway station is Basari, about 4.4 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 Dalon
Nearest railway station	Basari	4.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chhatarpur	14 km

Villages closest to Dalon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dalon village had a population of 1,258. That makes it the 69th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,459 residents.

Dalon village has 656 males and 602 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dalon has about 918 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 878.

Dalon covers 786.15 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Dalon falls under Chhatarpur tehsil of Chhatarpur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Dalon is Basari, about 4.4 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Dalon.

Dalon is about 14 km from Chhatarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dalon is in Chhatarpur tehsil of Chhatarpur district. Basari is about 4.4 km away. Chhatarpur is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.