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About Tana Village

Tana is a mid sized village in Kukshi tehsil, in the district of Dhar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 579, made up of 285 males and 294 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,032 females per 1000 males. The village covers 350.08 hectares hectares.

Tana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Tana village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Dhar
Tehsil Kukshi
Area (hectares) 350.08 hectares
Population 579
Male Population 285
Female Population 294
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,032
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Tana compares

By the 2011 count Tana is the 170th largest of the 192 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,476 residents. Its 350.08 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 999.

Getting to Tana

The census records public bus service for Tana as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Tana from other places

Tana lies about 59 km from Dhar, and the nearest railway station is Tanda Road, about 32 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 Tana
Tehsil headquarters Kukshi 14 km
Nearest railway station Tanda Road 32 km
District headquarters Dhar 59 km

Villages closest to Tana

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Tana village had a population of 579. That makes it the 170th largest of the 192 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,476 residents.

Tana village has 285 males and 294 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Tana has about 1032 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 999.

Tana covers 350.08 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Tana falls under Kukshi tehsil of Dhar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Tana is Tanda Road, about 32 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Tana.

Tana is about 59 km from Dhar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Tana is in Kukshi tehsil of Dhar district. Kukshi is about 14 km away. Tanda Road is about 32 km away. Dhar is about 59 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chiprata (under 2 km), Dhulsar (2.4 km) and Bheslai (2.9 km).

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

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