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About Dhangar Village

Dhangar is a mid sized village in Khurai tehsil, in the district of Sagar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,499, made up of 775 males and 724 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 934 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1020.38 hectares hectares.

Dhangar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dhangar village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Sagar
Tehsil Khurai
Area (hectares) 1020.38 hectares
Population 1,499
Male Population 775
Female Population 724
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 934
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Dhangar compares

By the 2011 count Dhangar is the 16th largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 798 residents. Its 1020.38 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 888.

Getting to Dhangar

Dhangar 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 Dhangar as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Dhangar from other places

Dhangar lies about 50 km from Sagar, and the nearest railway station is Khurai, about 4.4 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 Dhangar
Nearest railway station Khurai 4.4 km
District headquarters Sagar 50 km

Villages closest to Dhangar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dhangar village had a population of 1,499. That makes it the 16th largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 798 residents.

Dhangar village has 775 males and 724 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dhangar has about 934 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 888.

Dhangar covers 1020.38 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Dhangar falls under Khurai tehsil of Sagar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Dhangar is Khurai, about 4.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

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

Dhangar is about 50 km from Sagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dhangar is in Khurai tehsil of Sagar district. Khurai is about 4.4 km away. Sagar is about 50 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mehansi (2.1 km), Luharra (2.4 km) and Gadoli Dhirj Khurd (2.7 km).

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

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