About Dhankhedi Village

Dhankhedi is a small village in Goharganj tehsil, in the district of Raisen, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 170, made up of 91 males and 79 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 868 females per 1000 males. The village covers 123.33 hectares hectares.

Dhankhedi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dhankhedi village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Raisen
Tehsil	Goharganj
Area (hectares)	123.33 hectares
Population	170
Male Population	91
Female Population	79
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	868
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Dhankhedi compares

By the 2011 count Dhankhedi is the 184th largest of the 217 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 719 residents. Its 123.33 hectares work out to about 1.4 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 Dhankhedi

Dhankhedi is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Dhankhedi as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Dhankhedi from other places

Dhankhedi lies about 46 km from Raisen, and the nearest railway station is Barkhera, about 24 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 Dhankhedi
Nearest railway station	Barkhera	24 km
Tehsil headquarters	Goharganj	24 km
Nearest town	Narmadapuram	26 km
District headquarters	Raisen	46 km

Villages closest to Dhankhedi

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 Dhankhedi

As per the Census of India 2011, Dhankhedi village had a population of 170. That makes it the 184th largest of the 217 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 719 residents.

Dhankhedi village has 91 males and 79 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dhankhedi has about 868 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 911.

Dhankhedi covers 123.33 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Dhankhedi is Barkhera, about 24 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Dhankhedi.

Dhankhedi is about 46 km from Raisen in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dhankhedi is in Goharganj tehsil of Raisen district. Barkhera is about 24 km away. Goharganj is about 24 km away. Narmadapuram is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.