About Dhawa Village

Dhawa is a mid sized village in Gaurihar tehsil, in the district of Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,025, made up of 571 males and 454 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 795 females per 1000 males. The village covers 467.6 hectares hectares.

Dhawa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dhawa village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Chhatarpur
Tehsil	Gaurihar
Area (hectares)	467.6 hectares
Population	1,025
Male Population	571
Female Population	454
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	795
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dhawa compares

By the 2011 count Dhawa is the 66th largest of the 130 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,363 residents. Its 467.6 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 864.

Getting to Dhawa

Dhawa is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Dhawa 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 within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Dhawa from other places

Dhawa lies about 72 km from Chhatarpur, and the nearest railway station is Khurhand, about 34 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 Dhawa
Tehsil headquarters	Gaurihar	17 km
Nearest town	Lauri	27 km
Nearest railway station	Khurhand	34 km
District headquarters	Chhatarpur	72 km

Villages closest to Dhawa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dhawa village had a population of 1,025. That makes it the 66th largest of the 130 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,363 residents.

Dhawa village has 571 males and 454 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dhawa has about 795 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 864.

Dhawa covers 467.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dhawa falls under Gaurihar tehsil of Chhatarpur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Dhawa is Khurhand, about 34 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Dhawa.

Dhawa is about 72 km from Chhatarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dhawa is in Gaurihar tehsil of Chhatarpur district. Gaurihar is about 17 km away. Lauri is about 27 km away. Khurhand is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.