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About Dauniya Village

Dauniya is a mid sized village in Ashta tehsil, in the district of Sehore, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 731, made up of 393 males and 338 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 860 females per 1000 males. The village covers 224.8 hectares hectares.

Dauniya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dauniya village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Sehore
Tehsil Ashta
Area (hectares) 224.8 hectares
Population 731
Male Population 393
Female Population 338
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 860
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Dauniya compares

By the 2011 count Dauniya is the 104th largest of the 185 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,025 residents. Its 224.8 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 914.

Getting to Dauniya

Dauniya is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Dauniya as Available within 5 - 10 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Dauniya from other places

Dauniya lies about 41 km from Sehore, and the nearest railway station is Jabri, about 38 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 Dauniya
Tehsil headquarters Ashta 6.5 km
Nearest railway station Jabri 38 km
District headquarters Sehore 41 km

Villages closest to Dauniya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dauniya village had a population of 731. That makes it the 104th largest of the 185 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,025 residents.

Dauniya village has 393 males and 338 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dauniya has about 860 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 914.

Dauniya covers 224.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dauniya falls under Ashta tehsil of Sehore district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Dauniya is Jabri, about 38 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Dauniya.

Dauniya is about 41 km from Sehore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dauniya is in Ashta tehsil of Sehore district. Ashta is about 6.5 km away. Jabri is about 38 km away. Sehore is about 41 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Navrangpur (under 2 km), Mehmudabadkhedi (1.5 km) and Bamuliya Bhati (1.6 km).

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

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