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One vote, four years: Madhya Pradesh High Court orders recount in sarpanch polls
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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Shankar Ahakey
Contact: 74****2262
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- LGD code
- 485508
- Pincode
- 460110
- Post office
- Athanair
- Population
- 515
- Households
- 112
- Literacy rate
- 42.3%
- Sex ratio
- 996 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 309
- Distance to district centre
- 79 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 42 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 215 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 449 km
- Nearest railway station
- Pala · 9 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Sub District Hospital, Morshi · 10 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Dharul compares
By population, Dharul ranks #74 of 101 villages in Athner mandal.
Literacy rate
%
42.3%
−13.3% vs mandal average
- Dharul
- 42.3%
- Athner mandal
- 55.6%
- Betul district
- 59.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
996
+31 vs mandal average
- Dharul
- 996
- Athner mandal
- 965
Household size
people per home
4.6
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Dharul
- 4.6
- Athner mandal
- 4.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Dharul at a glance
Dharul is a village of 515 people in 112 households (Census 2011) in Athner tehsil, Betul district, Madhya Pradesh, the 74th-largest of 101 villages in Athner tehsil. Literacy is 42%, 13 points below the tehsil average of 56% and the sex ratio is 996 women per 1,000 men. It lies 79 km from the Betul district centre, 22 km from Bramhanwada Thadi, the nearest town, 9 km from Pala railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 460110, served by Athanair post office; the LGD village code is 485508. The nearest hospital or health centre is Sub District Hospital, Morshi, 10 km away. The sarpanch is Shankar Ahakey, and the village votes in Betul assembly constituency, represented by MLA Hemant Vijay Khandelwal. The population is estimated at 607 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Dharul
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 6
- Power hours (winter)
- 8
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- ATHNER
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 58
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 93
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 58
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 199.17
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 18
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Dharul
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Dharul
- LGD code
- 485508
- Pincode
- 460110
- Post office
- Athanair
- Population (Census 2011)
- 515
- Population (projected 2026)
- 607
- Households
- 112
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 996
- Literacy rate
- 42.3%
- Coordinates
- 21.38639°N, 77.93350°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Betul
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Betul
- Member of Parliament
- Durga Das Uikey
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Hemant Vijay Khandelwal
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Shankar Ahakey
- Block / Mandal
- Athner
Getting there
How to reach Dharul
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal215 kmcapital
- Hyderabad449 km
- Mumbai587 km
- Delhi807 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationPala9 km
- Hospital / PHCSub District Hospital, Morshi10 km
- ATM / bankICICI BANK36 km
- Petrol pumpBPCL G R Malegaonkar36 km
- CollegeDr Rajendra Gade Institute of Technology50 km
- Police stationWarud Police Station36 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-18
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)