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About Dehgaon Village

Dehgaon is a mid sized village in Goharganj tehsil, in the district of Raisen, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,002, made up of 504 males and 498 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 988 females per 1000 males. The village covers 198.1 hectares hectares.

Dehgaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dehgaon village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Raisen
Tehsil Goharganj
Area (hectares) 198.1 hectares
Population 1,002
Male Population 504
Female Population 498
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 988
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Dehgaon compares

By the 2011 count Dehgaon is the 45th largest of the 217 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 719 residents. Its 198.1 hectares work out to about 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 911.

Getting to Dehgaon

Dehgaon is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Dehgaon 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Dehgaon from other places

Dehgaon lies about 32 km from Raisen, and the nearest railway station is Barkhera, about 37 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 Dehgaon
Tehsil headquarters Goharganj 30 km
Nearest town Bareli 30 km
District headquarters Raisen 32 km
Nearest railway station Barkhera 37 km

Villages closest to Dehgaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dehgaon village had a population of 1,002. That makes it the 45th largest of the 217 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 719 residents.

Dehgaon village has 504 males and 498 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dehgaon has about 988 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 911.

Dehgaon covers 198.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dehgaon falls under Goharganj tehsil of Raisen district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Dehgaon is Barkhera, about 37 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Dehgaon.

Dehgaon is about 32 km from Raisen in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dehgaon is in Goharganj tehsil of Raisen district. Goharganj is about 30 km away. Bareli is about 30 km away. Raisen is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bagaspur (under 2 km), Hirdua (under 2 km) and Ghat Pipaliya (2.0 km).

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

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