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About Kalmi Village

Kalmi is a mid sized village in Dahi tehsil, in the district of Dhar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,424, made up of 734 males and 690 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 940 females per 1000 males. The village covers 551.29 hectares hectares.

Kalmi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kalmi village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Dhar
Tehsil Dahi
Area (hectares) 551.29 hectares
Population 1,424
Male Population 734
Female Population 690
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 940
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Kalmi compares

By the 2011 count Kalmi is the 38th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,733 residents. Its 551.29 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 993.

Getting to Kalmi

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

How far is Kalmi from other places

Kalmi lies about 85 km from Dhar, and the nearest railway station is Khandala, about 19 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 Kalmi
Tehsil headquarters Dahi 12 km
Nearest town Kukshi 18 km
Nearest railway station Khandala 19 km
District headquarters Dhar 85 km

Villages closest to Kalmi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kalmi village had a population of 1,424. That makes it the 38th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,733 residents.

Kalmi village has 734 males and 690 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kalmi has about 940 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 993.

Kalmi covers 551.29 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kalmi falls under Dahi tehsil of Dhar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Kalmi is Khandala, about 19 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

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 Kalmi.

Kalmi is about 85 km from Dhar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kalmi is in Dahi tehsil of Dhar district. Dahi is about 12 km away. Kukshi is about 18 km away. Khandala is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khaydi (under 2 km), Umrali (2.2 km) and Arada (3.5 km).

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

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