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About Dhandiwada Village

Dhandiwada is a large village in Itarsi tehsil, in the district of Hoshangabad, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,118, made up of 1,101 males and 1,017 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 924 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2305.81 hectares hectares.

Dhandiwada Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dhandiwada village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Hoshangabad
Tehsil Itarsi
Area (hectares) 2305.81 hectares
Population 2,118
Male Population 1,101
Female Population 1,017
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 924
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Dhandiwada compares

By the 2011 count Dhandiwada is the 12th largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,011 residents. Its 2305.81 hectares work out to about 0.9 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 939.

Getting to Dhandiwada

Dhandiwada is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Dhandiwada as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Dhandiwada from other places

Dhandiwada lies about 22 km from Hoshangabad, and the nearest railway station is Bagratawa, about 14 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 Dhandiwada
Nearest railway station Bagratawa 14 km
District headquarters Hoshangabad 22 km
Nearest town Narmadapuram 22 km
Tehsil headquarters Itarsi 23 km

Villages closest to Dhandiwada

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dhandiwada village had a population of 2,118. That makes it the 12th largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,011 residents.

Dhandiwada village has 1,101 males and 1,017 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dhandiwada has about 924 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 939.

Dhandiwada covers 2305.81 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.

Dhandiwada falls under Itarsi tehsil of Hoshangabad district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Dhandiwada is Bagratawa, about 14 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

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

Dhandiwada is about 22 km from Hoshangabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dhandiwada is in Itarsi tehsil of Hoshangabad district. Bagratawa is about 14 km away. Hoshangabad is about 22 km away. Narmadapuram is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Somjidhana (5.2 km), Maroda (9.0 km) and Guwadikalan (11 km).

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

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