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About Dhanrat Village

Dhanrat is a mid sized village in Nawapur tehsil, in the district of Nandurbar, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,087, made up of 554 males and 533 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 962 females per 1000 males. The village covers 938.24 hectares hectares.

Dhanrat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dhanrat village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Nandurbar
Tehsil Nawapur
Area (hectares) 938.24 hectares
Population 1,087
Male Population 554
Female Population 533
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 962
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Dhanrat compares

By the 2011 count Dhanrat is the 89th largest of the 153 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,476 residents. Its 938.24 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1022.

Getting to Dhanrat

Dhanrat is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Dhanrat as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Dhanrat from other places

Dhanrat lies about 19 km from Nandurbar, and the nearest railway station is Dhekvad, about 13 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 Dhanrat
Nearest railway station Dhekvad 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Nawapur 19 km
District headquarters Nandurbar 19 km

Villages closest to Dhanrat

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dhanrat village had a population of 1,087. That makes it the 89th largest of the 153 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,476 residents.

Dhanrat village has 554 males and 533 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dhanrat has about 962 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1022.

Dhanrat covers 938.24 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Dhanrat falls under Nawapur tehsil of Nandurbar district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Dhanrat is Dhekvad, about 13 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Dhanrat.

Dhanrat is about 19 km from Nandurbar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dhanrat is in Nawapur tehsil of Nandurbar district. Dhekvad is about 13 km away. Nawapur is about 19 km away. Nandurbar is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Karanjvel (3.5 km), Umaran (4.7 km) and Kothada (6.0 km).

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

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