About Dhakana Village

Dhakana is a large village in Khalwa tehsil, in the district of Khandwa, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,086, made up of 1,021 males and 1,065 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,043 females per 1000 males.

Dhakana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dhakana village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Khandwa
Tehsil	Khalwa
Population	2,086
Male Population	1,021
Female Population	1,065
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,043
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available

How Dhakana compares

By the 2011 count Dhakana is the 31st largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,509 residents. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 953.

Getting to Dhakana

Dhakana is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Dhakana as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Dhakana from other places

Dhakana lies about 48 km from Khandwa, and the nearest railway station is Amalakhurd, about 12 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 Dhakana
Nearest railway station	Amalakhurd	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Khalwa	25 km
Nearest town	Nepānagar	38 km
District headquarters	Khandwa	48 km

Villages closest to Dhakana

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dhakana village had a population of 2,086. That makes it the 31st largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,509 residents.

Dhakana village has 1,021 males and 1,065 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dhakana has about 1043 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 953.

Dhakana falls under Khalwa tehsil of Khandwa district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Dhakana is Amalakhurd, about 12 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Dhakana.

Dhakana is about 48 km from Khandwa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dhakana is in Khalwa tehsil of Khandwa district. Amalakhurd is about 12 km away. Khalwa is about 25 km away. Nepānagar is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.