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About Deokaliya Village

Deokaliya is a mid sized village in Rajnagar tehsil, in the district of Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,163, made up of 612 males and 551 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 900 females per 1000 males. The village covers 831.6 hectares hectares.

Deokaliya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Deokaliya village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Chhatarpur
Tehsil Rajnagar
Area (hectares) 831.6 hectares
Population 1,163
Male Population 612
Female Population 551
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 900
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Deokaliya compares

By the 2011 count Deokaliya is the 75th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,638 residents. Its 831.6 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 887.

Getting to Deokaliya

Deokaliya is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Deokaliya as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Deokaliya from other places

Deokaliya lies about 34 km from Chhatarpur, and the nearest railway station is Singhpur Dumra, about 3.4 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 Deokaliya
Nearest railway station Singhpur Dumra 3.4 km
Nearest town Lauri 15 km
Tehsil headquarters Rajnagar 16 km
District headquarters Chhatarpur 34 km

Villages closest to Deokaliya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Deokaliya village had a population of 1,163. That makes it the 75th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,638 residents.

Deokaliya village has 612 males and 551 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Deokaliya has about 900 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 887.

Deokaliya covers 831.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Deokaliya falls under Rajnagar tehsil of Chhatarpur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Deokaliya is Singhpur Dumra, about 3.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

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

Deokaliya is about 34 km from Chhatarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Deokaliya is in Rajnagar tehsil of Chhatarpur district. Singhpur Dumra is about 3.4 km away. Lauri is about 15 km away. Rajnagar is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Maniya (2.9 km), Dumra (3.1 km) and Kishunpura (4.8 km).

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

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