About Dhangawan Village

Dhangawan is a small village in Silwani tehsil, in the district of Raisen, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 236, made up of 119 males and 117 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 983 females per 1000 males. The village covers 257.964 hectares hectares.

Dhangawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dhangawan village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Raisen
Tehsil	Silwani
Area (hectares)	257.964 hectares
Population	236
Male Population	119
Female Population	117
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	983
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dhangawan compares

By the 2011 count Dhangawan is the 178th largest of the 219 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 576 residents. Its 257.964 hectares work out to about 0.9 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, well above the tehsil average of 920.

Getting to Dhangawan

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

How far is Dhangawan from other places

Dhangawan lies about 76 km from Raisen, and the nearest railway station is Gadarwara, about 46 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 Dhangawan
Tehsil headquarters	Silwani	12 km
Nearest town	Bareli	38 km
Nearest railway station	Gadarwara	46 km
District headquarters	Raisen	76 km

Villages closest to Dhangawan

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 Dhangawan

As per the Census of India 2011, Dhangawan village had a population of 236. That makes it the 178th largest of the 219 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 576 residents.

Dhangawan village has 119 males and 117 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dhangawan has about 983 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 920.

Dhangawan covers 257.964 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Dhangawan is Gadarwara, about 46 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Dhangawan.

Dhangawan is about 76 km from Raisen in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dhangawan is in Silwani tehsil of Raisen district. Silwani is about 12 km away. Bareli is about 38 km away. Gadarwara is about 46 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.