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About Dob Village

Dob is a small village in Jirapur tehsil, in the district of Rajgarh, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 133, made up of 64 males and 69 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,078 females per 1000 males. The village covers 276.36 hectares hectares.

Dob Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dob village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Rajgarh
Tehsil Jirapur
Area (hectares) 276.36 hectares
Population 133
Male Population 64
Female Population 69
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,078
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Dob compares

By the 2011 count Dob is the 178th largest of the 191 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 836 residents. Its 276.36 hectares work out to about 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 996.

Getting to Dob

The census records public bus service for Dob as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Dob from other places

Dob lies about 48 km from Rajgarh, and the nearest railway station is Jhalarapatan, about 45 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 Dob
Tehsil headquarters Jirapur 16 km
Nearest railway station Jhalarapatan 45 km
District headquarters Rajgarh 48 km

Villages closest to Dob

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

Common questions about Dob

As per the Census of India 2011, Dob village had a population of 133. That makes it the 178th largest of the 191 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 836 residents.

Dob village has 64 males and 69 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dob has about 1078 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 996.

Dob covers 276.36 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Dob falls under Jirapur tehsil of Rajgarh district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Dob is Jhalarapatan, about 45 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Dob.

Dob is about 48 km from Rajgarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dob is in Jirapur tehsil of Rajgarh district. Jirapur is about 16 km away. Jhalarapatan is about 45 km away. Rajgarh is about 48 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Malhargarh (1.9 km), Banda (2.4 km) and Malharpura (2.7 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Dob today is likely to be higher.

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