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About Dilniya Village

Dilniya is a mid sized village in Maharajpur tehsil, in the district of Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,693, made up of 907 males and 786 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 867 females per 1000 males. The village covers 684.7 hectares hectares.

Dilniya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dilniya village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Chhatarpur
Tehsil Maharajpur
Area (hectares) 684.7 hectares
Population 1,693
Male Population 907
Female Population 786
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 867
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 Dilniya compares

By the 2011 count Dilniya is the 14th largest of the 44 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,548 residents. Its 684.7 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 879.

Getting to Dilniya

Dilniya is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Dilniya 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 Dilniya from other places

Dilniya lies about 12 km from Chhatarpur, and the nearest railway station is Maharaja Chhatrasal Station Chhatarpur, about 12 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 Dilniya
Tehsil headquarters Maharajpur 7.7 km
Nearest town Mahārājpur 7.7 km
District headquarters Chhatarpur 12 km
Nearest railway station Maharaja Chhatrasal Station Chhatarpur 12 km

Villages closest to Dilniya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dilniya village had a population of 1,693. That makes it the 14th largest of the 44 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,548 residents.

Dilniya village has 907 males and 786 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dilniya has about 867 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 879.

Dilniya covers 684.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dilniya falls under Maharajpur tehsil of Chhatarpur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Dilniya is Maharaja Chhatrasal Station Chhatarpur, about 12 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 Dilniya.

Dilniya is about 12 km from Chhatarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dilniya is in Maharajpur tehsil of Chhatarpur district. Maharajpur is about 7.7 km away. Mahārājpur is about 7.7 km away. Chhatarpur is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sela (5.6 km), Mau (5.8 km) and Pur (8.0 km).

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

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