About Dhandhar Village

Dhandhar is a mid sized village in Goharganj tehsil, in the district of Raisen, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 595, made up of 327 males and 268 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 820 females per 1000 males. The village covers 343.14 hectares hectares.

Dhandhar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dhandhar village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Raisen
Tehsil	Goharganj
Area (hectares)	343.14 hectares
Population	595
Male Population	327
Female Population	268
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	820
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dhandhar compares

By the 2011 count Dhandhar is the 92nd largest of the 217 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 719 residents. Its 343.14 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 911.

Getting to Dhandhar

Dhandhar is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Dhandhar 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 within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Dhandhar from other places

Dhandhar lies about 18 km from Raisen, and the nearest railway station is Mandideep, about 20 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 Dhandhar
District headquarters	Raisen	18 km
Tehsil headquarters	Goharganj	20 km
Nearest railway station	Mandideep	20 km

Villages closest to Dhandhar

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.

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Common questions about Dhandhar

As per the Census of India 2011, Dhandhar village had a population of 595. That makes it the 92nd largest of the 217 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 719 residents.

Dhandhar village has 327 males and 268 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dhandhar has about 820 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 911.

Dhandhar covers 343.14 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Dhandhar is Mandideep, about 20 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Dhandhar.

Dhandhar is about 18 km from Raisen in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dhandhar is in Goharganj tehsil of Raisen district. Raisen is about 18 km away. Goharganj is about 20 km away. Mandideep is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.