About Dhansi Village

Dhansi is a small village in Babai tehsil, in the district of Hoshangabad, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 457, made up of 249 males and 208 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 835 females per 1000 males. The village covers 509.82 hectares hectares.

Dhansi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dhansi village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Hoshangabad
Tehsil	Babai
Area (hectares)	509.82 hectares
Population	457
Male Population	249
Female Population	208
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	835
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dhansi compares

By the 2011 count Dhansi is the 81st largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,121 residents. Its 509.82 hectares work out to about 0.9 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 915.

Getting to Dhansi

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

Dhansi lies about 17 km from Hoshangabad. 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 Dhansi
Tehsil headquarters	Babai	16 km
District headquarters	Hoshangabad	17 km
Nearest town	Narmadapuram	17 km

Villages closest to Dhansi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dhansi village had a population of 457. That makes it the 81st largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,121 residents.

Dhansi village has 249 males and 208 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dhansi has about 835 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 915.

Dhansi covers 509.82 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Dhansi falls under Babai tehsil of Hoshangabad district in Madhya Pradesh.

The census record for Dhansi notes the nearest railway station 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 5 - 10 km distance for Dhansi.

Dhansi is about 17 km from Hoshangabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dhansi is in Babai tehsil of Hoshangabad district. Babai is about 16 km away. Hoshangabad is about 17 km away. Narmadapuram is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.