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About Dang Village

Dang is a mid sized village in Rithi tehsil, in the district of Katni, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,783, made up of 927 males and 856 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 923 females per 1000 males. The village covers 724.28 hectares hectares.

Dang Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dang village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Katni
Tehsil Rithi
Area (hectares) 724.28 hectares
Population 1,783
Male Population 927
Female Population 856
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 923
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Dang compares

By the 2011 count Dang is the 16th largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,127 residents. Its 724.28 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 963.

Getting to Dang

The census records public bus service for Dang 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 within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Dang from other places

Dang lies about 29 km from Katni. 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 Dang
Tehsil headquarters Rithi 3.2 km
District headquarters Katni 29 km
Nearest town Murwāra 29 km

Villages closest to Dang

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dang village had a population of 1,783. That makes it the 16th largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,127 residents.

Dang village has 927 males and 856 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dang has about 923 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 963.

Dang covers 724.28 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dang falls under Rithi tehsil of Katni district in Madhya Pradesh.

The census record for Dang notes the nearest railway station 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 <5 km distance for Dang.

Dang is about 29 km from Katni in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dang is in Rithi tehsil of Katni district. Rithi is about 3.2 km away. Katni is about 29 km away. Murwāra is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khamh (3.0 km), Majhgawan (3.1 km) and Rithi (3.2 km).

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

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