About Deokani Village

Deokani is a small village in Silwani tehsil, in the district of Raisen, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 395, made up of 202 males and 193 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 955 females per 1000 males. The village covers 398.95 hectares hectares.

Deokani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Deokani village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Raisen
Tehsil	Silwani
Area (hectares)	398.95 hectares
Population	395
Male Population	202
Female Population	193
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	955
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available

How Deokani compares

By the 2011 count Deokani is the 117th largest of the 219 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 576 residents. Its 398.95 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 920.

Getting to Deokani

Deokani is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Deokani 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Deokani from other places

Deokani lies about 81 km from Raisen, and the nearest railway station is Ratona, about 49 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 Deokani
Tehsil headquarters	Silwani	18 km
Nearest town	Begamganj	31 km
Nearest railway station	Ratona	49 km
District headquarters	Raisen	81 km

Villages closest to Deokani

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Deokani village had a population of 395. That makes it the 117th largest of the 219 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 576 residents.

Deokani village has 202 males and 193 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Deokani has about 955 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 920.

Deokani covers 398.95 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Deokani falls under Silwani tehsil of Raisen district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Deokani is Ratona, about 49 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

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

Deokani is about 81 km from Raisen in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Deokani is in Silwani tehsil of Raisen district. Silwani is about 18 km away. Begamganj is about 31 km away. Ratona is about 49 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.