About Dholpur Village

Dholpur is a small village in Silwani tehsil, in the district of Raisen, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 251, made up of 131 males and 120 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 916 females per 1000 males. The village covers 779.84 hectares hectares.

Dholpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dholpur village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Raisen
Tehsil	Silwani
Area (hectares)	779.84 hectares
Population	251
Male Population	131
Female Population	120
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	916
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 Dholpur compares

By the 2011 count Dholpur is the 173rd largest of the 219 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 576 residents. Its 779.84 hectares work out to about 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 920.

Getting to Dholpur

Dholpur is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Dholpur 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 Dholpur from other places

Dholpur lies about 64 km from Raisen, and the nearest railway station is Ratona, about 59 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 Dholpur
Tehsil headquarters	Silwani	8.5 km
Nearest town	Begamganj	26 km
Nearest railway station	Ratona	59 km
District headquarters	Raisen	64 km

Villages closest to Dholpur

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 Dholpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Dholpur village had a population of 251. That makes it the 173rd largest of the 219 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 576 residents.

Dholpur village has 131 males and 120 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dholpur has about 916 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 920.

Dholpur covers 779.84 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Dholpur is Ratona, about 59 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 Dholpur.

Dholpur is about 64 km from Raisen in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dholpur is in Silwani tehsil of Raisen district. Silwani is about 8.5 km away. Begamganj is about 26 km away. Ratona is about 59 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.