About Dheka Village

Dheka is a mid sized village in Beohari tehsil, in the district of Shahdol, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 523, made up of 279 males and 244 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 875 females per 1000 males. The village covers 241.18 hectares hectares.

Dheka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dheka village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Shahdol
Tehsil	Beohari
Area (hectares)	241.18 hectares
Population	523
Male Population	279
Female Population	244
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	875
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dheka compares

By the 2011 count Dheka is the 111th largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,375 residents. Its 241.18 hectares work out to about 2.2 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 967.

Getting to Dheka

Dheka is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Dheka as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Dheka from other places

Dheka lies about 91 km from Shahdol. 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 Dheka
Tehsil headquarters	Beohari	11 km
Nearest town	Beohāri	11 km
District headquarters	Shahdol	91 km

Villages closest to Dheka

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

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Common questions about Dheka

As per the Census of India 2011, Dheka village had a population of 523. That makes it the 111th largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,375 residents.

Dheka village has 279 males and 244 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dheka has about 875 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 967.

Dheka covers 241.18 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dheka falls under Beohari tehsil of Shahdol district in Madhya Pradesh.

The census record for Dheka notes the nearest railway station 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 5 - 10 km distance for Dheka.

Dheka is about 91 km from Shahdol in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dheka is in Beohari tehsil of Shahdol district. Beohari is about 11 km away. Beohāri is about 11 km away. Shahdol is about 91 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.