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About Dhirajpur Village

Dhirajpur is a mid sized village in Nowgong tehsil, in the district of Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 682, made up of 367 males and 315 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 858 females per 1000 males. The village covers 480.76 hectares hectares.

Dhirajpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dhirajpur village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Chhatarpur
Tehsil Nowgong
Area (hectares) 480.76 hectares
Population 682
Male Population 367
Female Population 315
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 858
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 Dhirajpur compares

By the 2011 count Dhirajpur is the 57th largest of the 73 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,677 residents. Its 480.76 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 907.

Getting to Dhirajpur

Dhirajpur is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Dhirajpur 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 Dhirajpur from other places

Dhirajpur lies about 25 km from Chhatarpur, and the nearest railway station is Bela Tal, about 16 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 Dhirajpur
Tehsil headquarters Nowgong 13 km
Nearest railway station Bela Tal 16 km
District headquarters Chhatarpur 25 km

Villages closest to Dhirajpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dhirajpur village had a population of 682. That makes it the 57th largest of the 73 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,677 residents.

Dhirajpur village has 367 males and 315 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dhirajpur has about 858 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 907.

Dhirajpur covers 480.76 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.

Dhirajpur falls under Nowgong tehsil of Chhatarpur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Dhirajpur is Bela Tal, about 16 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 Dhirajpur.

Dhirajpur is about 25 km from Chhatarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dhirajpur is in Nowgong tehsil of Chhatarpur district. Nowgong is about 13 km away. Bela Tal is about 16 km away. Chhatarpur is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khurda (3.2 km), Sardarpur (3.5 km) and Jhijhan (3.5 km).

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

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