About Dhound Village

Dhound is a mid sized village in Bhander tehsil, in the district of Datia, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,409, made up of 768 males and 641 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 835 females per 1000 males. The village covers 668.59 hectares hectares.

Dhound Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dhound village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Datia
Tehsil	Bhander
Area (hectares)	668.59 hectares
Population	1,409
Male Population	768
Female Population	641
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	835
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 Dhound compares

By the 2011 count Dhound is the 24th largest of the 140 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 962 residents. Its 668.59 hectares work out to about 2.1 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 876.

Getting to Dhound

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

Dhound lies about 43 km from Datia, and the nearest railway station is Moth, about 28 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 Dhound
Nearest town	Samthar	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bhander	22 km
Nearest railway station	Moth	28 km
District headquarters	Datia	43 km

Villages closest to Dhound

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dhound village had a population of 1,409. That makes it the 24th largest of the 140 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 962 residents.

Dhound village has 768 males and 641 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dhound has about 835 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 876.

Dhound covers 668.59 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dhound falls under Bhander tehsil of Datia district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Dhound is Moth, about 28 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 Dhound.

Dhound is about 43 km from Datia in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dhound is in Bhander tehsil of Datia district. Samthar is about 16 km away. Bhander is about 22 km away. Moth is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.