About Dhawaiya Village

Dhawaiya is a mid sized village in Vijayraghavgarh tehsil, in the district of Katni, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,710, made up of 869 males and 841 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 968 females per 1000 males. The village covers 845.21 hectares hectares.

Dhawaiya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dhawaiya village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Katni
Tehsil	Vijayraghavgarh
Area (hectares)	845.21 hectares
Population	1,710
Male Population	869
Female Population	841
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	968
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dhawaiya compares

By the 2011 count Dhawaiya is the 36th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,383 residents. Its 845.21 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 955.

Getting to Dhawaiya

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

Dhawaiya lies about 41 km from Katni, and the nearest railway station is Khanna Banjari, about 5.8 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 Dhawaiya
Nearest railway station	Khanna Banjari	5.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Vijayraghavgarh	19 km
Nearest town	Maihar	37 km
District headquarters	Katni	41 km

Villages closest to Dhawaiya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dhawaiya village had a population of 1,710. That makes it the 36th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,383 residents.

Dhawaiya village has 869 males and 841 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dhawaiya has about 968 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 955.

Dhawaiya covers 845.21 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dhawaiya falls under Vijayraghavgarh tehsil of Katni district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Dhawaiya is Khanna Banjari, about 5.8 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Dhawaiya.

Dhawaiya is about 41 km from Katni in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dhawaiya is in Vijayraghavgarh tehsil of Katni district. Khanna Banjari is about 5.8 km away. Vijayraghavgarh is about 19 km away. Maihar is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.