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About Dehri Village

Dehri is a mid sized village in Budni tehsil, in the district of Sehore, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 683, made up of 381 males and 302 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 793 females per 1000 males. The village covers 238.52 hectares hectares.

Dehri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dehri village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Sehore
Tehsil Budni
Area (hectares) 238.52 hectares
Population 683
Male Population 381
Female Population 302
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 793
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 Dehri compares

By the 2011 count Dehri is the 34th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 916 residents. Its 238.52 hectares work out to about 2.9 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 885.

Getting to Dehri

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

Dehri lies about 98 km from Sehore, and the nearest railway station is Itarsi Junction, about 2.8 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 Dehri
Nearest railway station Itarsi Junction 2.8 km
Nearest town Itārsi 3.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Budni 24 km
District headquarters Sehore 98 km

Villages closest to Dehri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dehri village had a population of 683. That makes it the 34th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 916 residents.

Dehri village has 381 males and 302 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dehri has about 793 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 885.

Dehri covers 238.52 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dehri falls under Budni tehsil of Sehore district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Dehri is Itarsi Junction, about 2.8 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 Dehri.

Dehri is about 98 km from Sehore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dehri is in Budni tehsil of Sehore district. Itarsi Junction is about 2.8 km away. Itārsi is about 3.4 km away. Budni is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Somalwada (6.7 km), Bamhori (8.6 km) and Joshipur (21 km).

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

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