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About Dobra Village

Dobra is a small village in Bamori tehsil, in the district of Guna, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 489, made up of 255 males and 234 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 918 females per 1000 males. The village covers 897 hectares hectares.

Dobra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dobra village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Guna
Tehsil Bamori
Area (hectares) 897 hectares
Population 489
Male Population 255
Female Population 234
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 918
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Dobra compares

By the 2011 count Dobra is the 130th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 774 residents. Its 897 hectares work out to about 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 936.

Getting to Dobra

Dobra is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Dobra as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Dobra from other places

Dobra lies about 49 km from Guna, and the nearest railway station is Kesholi, about 15 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 Dobra
Nearest railway station Kesholi 15 km
Nearest town Chhabra 19 km
Tehsil headquarters Bamori 26 km
District headquarters Guna 49 km

Villages closest to Dobra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dobra village had a population of 489. That makes it the 130th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 774 residents.

Dobra village has 255 males and 234 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dobra has about 918 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 936.

Dobra covers 897 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Dobra falls under Bamori tehsil of Guna district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Dobra is Kesholi, about 15 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 village for Dobra.

Dobra is about 49 km from Guna in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dobra is in Bamori tehsil of Guna district. Kesholi is about 15 km away. Chhabra is about 19 km away. Bamori is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mamla (2.8 km), Bawadi Kheda (2.9 km) and Mirwada (5.6 km).

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

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