About Dharmapuri Village

Dharmapuri is a mid sized village in Lakhandur tehsil, in the district of Bhandara, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 888, made up of 460 males and 428 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 930 females per 1000 males. The village covers 306.89 hectares hectares.

Dharmapuri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dharmapuri village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Bhandara
Tehsil	Lakhandur
Area (hectares)	306.89 hectares
Population	888
Male Population	460
Female Population	428
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	930
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dharmapuri compares

By the 2011 count Dharmapuri is the 54th largest of the 81 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,498 residents. Its 306.89 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 993.

Getting to Dharmapuri

Dharmapuri is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Dharmapuri as Available within village. 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 Dharmapuri from other places

Dharmapuri lies about 42 km from Bhandara, and the nearest railway station is Wadegaon, about 17 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 Dharmapuri
Tehsil headquarters	Lakhandur	11 km
Nearest railway station	Wadegaon	17 km
Nearest town	Pawni	22 km
District headquarters	Bhandara	42 km

Villages closest to Dharmapuri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dharmapuri village had a population of 888. That makes it the 54th largest of the 81 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,498 residents.

Dharmapuri village has 460 males and 428 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dharmapuri has about 930 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 993.

Dharmapuri covers 306.89 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dharmapuri falls under Lakhandur tehsil of Bhandara district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Dharmapuri is Wadegaon, about 17 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Dharmapuri.

Dharmapuri is about 42 km from Bhandara in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dharmapuri is in Lakhandur tehsil of Bhandara district. Lakhandur is about 11 km away. Wadegaon is about 17 km away. Pawni is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.