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About Durenda Village

Durenda is a mid sized village in Keolari tehsil, in the district of Seoni, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 988, made up of 478 males and 510 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,067 females per 1000 males. The village covers 280.79 hectares hectares.

Durenda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Durenda village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Seoni
Tehsil Keolari
Area (hectares) 280.79 hectares
Population 988
Male Population 478
Female Population 510
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,067
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Durenda compares

By the 2011 count Durenda is the 56th largest of the 165 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 829 residents. Its 280.79 hectares work out to about 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1000.

Getting to Durenda

Durenda is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Durenda as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Durenda from other places

Durenda lies about 46 km from Seoni, and the nearest railway station is Lamta, about 14 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 Durenda
Nearest railway station Lamta 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Keolari 32 km
Nearest town Bālāghāt 37 km
District headquarters Seoni 46 km

Villages closest to Durenda

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Durenda village had a population of 988. That makes it the 56th largest of the 165 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 829 residents.

Durenda village has 478 males and 510 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Durenda has about 1067 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1000.

Durenda covers 280.79 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Durenda falls under Keolari tehsil of Seoni district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Durenda is Lamta, about 14 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 village for Durenda.

Durenda is about 46 km from Seoni in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Durenda is in Keolari tehsil of Seoni district. Lamta is about 14 km away. Keolari is about 32 km away. Bālāghāt is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bakal (under 2 km), Devgaon (2.4 km) and Nasipur (3.0 km).

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

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