About Dhapai Village

Dhapai is a mid sized village in Murwara tehsil, in the district of Katni, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,058, made up of 557 males and 501 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 899 females per 1000 males. The village covers 297.63 hectares hectares.

Dhapai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dhapai village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Katni
Tehsil	Murwara
Area (hectares)	297.63 hectares
Population	1,058
Male Population	557
Female Population	501
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	899
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Dhapai compares

By the 2011 count Dhapai is the 52nd largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,275 residents. Its 297.63 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 954.

Getting to Dhapai

Dhapai is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Dhapai 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 within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Dhapai from other places

Dhapai lies about 10 km from Katni, and the nearest railway station is Niwar, about 3.2 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 Dhapai
Nearest railway station	Niwar	3.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Murwara	10 km
District headquarters	Katni	10 km
Nearest town	Murwāra	10 km

Villages closest to Dhapai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dhapai village had a population of 1,058. That makes it the 52nd largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,275 residents.

Dhapai village has 557 males and 501 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dhapai has about 899 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 954.

Dhapai covers 297.63 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dhapai falls under Murwara tehsil of Katni district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Dhapai is Niwar, about 3.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

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 Dhapai.

Dhapai is about 10 km from Katni in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dhapai is in Murwara tehsil of Katni district. Niwar is about 3.2 km away. Murwara is about 10 km away. Katni is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.