About Dhakhar Village

Dhakhar is a small village in Jaitpur tehsil, in the district of Shahdol, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 193, made up of 103 males and 90 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 874 females per 1000 males. The village covers 759.69 hectares hectares.

Dhakhar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dhakhar village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Shahdol
Tehsil	Jaitpur
Area (hectares)	759.69 hectares
Population	193
Male Population	103
Female Population	90
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	874
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 Dhakhar compares

By the 2011 count Dhakhar is the 166th largest of the 175 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 879 residents. Its 759.69 hectares work out to about 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1020.

Getting to Dhakhar

Dhakhar is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Dhakhar 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 Dhakhar from other places

Dhakhar lies about 125 km from Shahdol, and the nearest railway station is Deori, 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 Dhakhar
Nearest railway station	Deori	14 km
Nearest town	Panāgar	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jaitpur	19 km
District headquarters	Shahdol	125 km

Villages closest to Dhakhar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dhakhar village had a population of 193. That makes it the 166th largest of the 175 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 879 residents.

Dhakhar village has 103 males and 90 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dhakhar has about 874 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1020.

Dhakhar covers 759.69 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Dhakhar falls under Jaitpur tehsil of Shahdol district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Dhakhar is Deori, 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Dhakhar.

Dhakhar is about 125 km from Shahdol in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dhakhar is in Jaitpur tehsil of Shahdol district. Deori is about 14 km away. Panāgar is about 15 km away. Jaitpur is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.